Edmonds v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Crittendon · Paradiso v. United States · Parris v. Commonwealth · McCullough v. McCullough · McGhee 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The law of self-defense is the law of necessity, and the necessity relied upon must not arise out of defendant's own misconduct. Accordingly, a defendant must reasonably fear death or serious bodily harm to himself at the hands of his victim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'an immediate, real threat to one's safety.'”
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.