Commonwealth v. Jenkins’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 2004
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald · Commonwealth v. Rodriquez · Commonwealth v. Daye · Commonwealth v. Valliere · Commonwealth v. White
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if [the jury] return a second time without having agreed on a verdict, they shall not be sent out again without their own consent, unless they ask from the court some further explanation of the law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“I would ask you to go up and discuss that matter with a view toward whether or not further deliberations could be fruitful. Write out your answer to me, and at that point I'll make my decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“stands guard to prevent jurors ... from being coerced into reaching a verdict in the face of views conscientiously reached and held.”
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.