Wilcher v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1968
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Puckett v. Commonwealth · Boreing v. Beard · Lett v. Commonwealth · Lay 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Since, ordinarily, a defendant in a criminal case is inexperienced in court procedure, it is important that his counsel be present to protect his rights especially when the verdict is received.”
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.