Akers v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 2009
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Tison v. Arizona · Johnson v. Texas · Edmonds v. Virginia · Angelo v. Gee · Prejean v. Blackburn
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he purpose of the review process is to assure the fair and proper application of the death penalty statutes in this Commonwealth and to instill public confidence in the administration of justice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gray v. Com. · Emmett v. Com.“excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gray v. Com. · Emmett v. Com.“our review does enable us to identify and invalidate a death sentence that is `excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Emmett 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.