Stevens v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Commonwealth v. Hudson · Stockton v. Commonwealth · Dowden v. Commonwealth · Lilly 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In making that determination, the reviewing court is to consider a host of factors, including the importance of the tainted evidence in the prosecution's case, whether that evidence was cumulative, the presence or absence of evidence corroborating or contradicting the tainted evidence on material points, and the overall strength of the prosecution's case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cypress v. Com.“so gross, wanton and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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