Capshaw v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2012
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Pointer v. Texas · Coy v. Iowa · Sherwood Partners, Inc. v. Lycos, Inc.
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before admitting evidence under this rule the court must conduct a hearing in camera and afford the victim and parties a right to attend and be heard. The motion, related papers, and the record of the hearing must be sealed and remain under seal unless the court orders otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dunn v. Commonwealth
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.