Mickens v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably Breard v. Commonwealth (1994), Smith v. State (1995)
7 federal appellate · 34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Zant v. Stephens · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Miller v. Fenton · National Union Fire Insurance v. Helfand · Brewster v. Derwinski
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Hall’s body, naked from the waist down, was found lying face down on a mattress under an abandoned building. His legs were spread apart 12 inches. A white lubricant was on Hall’s buttocks near his anus. African-American pubic hairs found on Hall’s buttocks were like Mickens’ pubic hairs in “all identifiable microscopic characteristics.” Tissue attached to the roots of the hairs, indicating that the hairs had been forcibly removed, was consistent with Mickens’ having rubbed his genitals against Hall’s buttocks. Bloody “transfer” stains were evident on Hall’s thighs, and a semen stain found on the mattress cover was consistent with Mickens’ DNA pattern. Additionally, Mickens’ statements to Officer Seals and to Tyrone Brister confirmed that Mickens had attempted to commit forcible sodomy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“On direct appeal, Mickens claimed that: the Commonwealth failed to prove that he ‘intended to commit forcible sodomy or that he did any act towards the commission of the act that amounted to the commencement of the act.’ He further contends that the Commonwealth failed to prove that he was the criminal agent in Hall’s death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“said he also sodomized the victim and stole his sneakers. Again, Mickens lowered his voice and said,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mickens v. Taylor
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.