Brewer v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Mr. Caudel’s affidavit set forth facts showing the commission of a crime. However, the basis for connecting Brewer with the crime was ‘reliable information from several persons’ that Brewer had taken the articles and that Brewer’s truck was seen at or near the cottage about the time the merchandise was taken. The affidavit did not set forth the names of the persons who saw Brewer take the merchandise nor the names of those who saw his truck near Mr. Caudel’s cottage.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. Commonwealth