James v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Coppola v. Commonwealth · Stanley v. Zant · Zirkle 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Confrontation Clause ... grants a criminal defendant the right to cross-examine witnesses called by the prosecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Magruder v. Com.“The Confrontation Clause ... does not grant a defendant an unlimited right to cross-examination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Magruder 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.