Herndon v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pope v. Commonwealth · Robinson v. Com. · Avent v. Com. · Robinson 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to establish each vital link in the chain of custody by showing the possession and handling of the evidence from when it is obtained to its presentation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re: 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.