Velasquez v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
December 2016
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kotteakos v. United States · Clay v. Commonwealth · Schmitt v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Minor · Taylor 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the absence of evidence showing a contrary intent, the trier of fact may infer that a defendant's unauthorized presence in a house or building of another in the nighttime was with the intent to commit larceny.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vincent v. Com.“is a matter for determination by the fact-finder alone, based upon the evidence. It is not the function of the court to suggest to the jury what conclusion it should draw from the facts in evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vincent v. Com.“may be inferred from the surrounding facts and circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vincent 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.