Marcum v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 1955
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shell v. Commonwealth · Bennett v. Commonwealth · Foure v. Commonwealth · Howard v. Commonwealth · Moore 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The general rule also is that the inquiry should relate to a fact that is otherwise relevant and competent, and not collateral.” (Our emphasis.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.