Williams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2007
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Webster v. Reproductive Health Services · Reichelt v. Gates · Bush v. Florida · Connors v. United States · Jenkins v. Commonwealth
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gray v. Com.“excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gray v. Com.
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.