Wright v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
41
cited by 41 later decisions
2
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
41 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Bolden v. Com. · Ritter v. Commonwealth · Tuggle v. Commonwealth · Walton v. Commonwealth · Washington v. Com.
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Statutory interpretation is a question of law which we review de novo, and we determine the legislative intent from the words used in the statute, applying the plain meaning of the words unless they are ambiguous or would lead to an absurd result.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a]lthough the record reflects that the Commonwealth apparently `conceded' that the statute contained a nexus requirement, the issue is a question of law which is not subject to a concession binding on this Court”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`There can be no dispute that the purpose of the legislation was to establish [different] categories of crimes relating to possession of controlled substances and firearms at the same time.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.