Williams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
55
cited by 55 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
June 2007
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Soberon v. United States · Adams v. Texas · National Union Fire Insurance v. Helfand · Scherl v. Fisher · Mattiza v. Texas
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where two or more persons take a direct part in inflicting fatal injuries, each joint participant is an `immediate perpetrator,'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Muhammad v. Com. · Muhammad v. Com.“jointly participated in the fatal stabbing.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Muhammad v. Com. · Muhammad v. Com.“he knew a house where we can go; they'd have a couple thousand dollars.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams 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.