Friedline v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
February 2016
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Mu'Min v. Virginia · Frye v. Commonwealth · Walker v. Mitchell · Mu'Min 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fully determined on the basis of recorded matters.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Brown · Shaikh v. Johnson“decision whether to hold an evidentiary hearing in a habeas corpus proceeding depends chiefly on the adequacy of the trial record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Brown“such determinations are not subject to fixed rules but must proceed on a case-by-case basis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Brown
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.