Walls v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 1945
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilson v. Commonwealth · Baker v. Commonwealth · McHargue v. Commonwealth · Turner v. Commonwealth · Burnett 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““These statements were not rendered inadmissible by showing Stevens asked for a doctor and to be taken to a hospital; a man may make such requests in the hope of obtaining some relief from suffering. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.