Bailey v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

61 state decisions

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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the services of an expert would materially assist him in the preparation of his defense and that the denial of such services would result in a fundamentally unfair trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas v. Com. · Dowdy v. Com.

2. “The Supreme Court may accumulate the records of all capital felony cases tried within such period of time as the court may determine. The Court shall consider such records as are available as a guide in determining whether the sentence imposed in the case under review is excessive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winston v. Com.

3. “so long as the methods employed assure that the death sentence is not disproportionate to the penalty generally imposed for comparable crimes, due process will be satisfied and the defendant's constitutional rights protected.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Emmett v. Com.