Asher v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
January 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bullington v. Commonwealth · Stafford v. Bailey · Little v. Commonwealth · Johnson v. Commonwealth · Alford 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The testimony pertaining to the other offenses introduced in this case was particularly objectionable in view of the fact that appellant had been acquitted of two of the charges.”
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.