Commonwealth v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2014
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Fiero · Commonwealth v. Mitchell · Commonwealth v. Sangricco · Commonwealth v. Scott · Commonwealth v. Carrier
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mandatory appointment of counsel requirement of the Post Conviction Hearing Act is not limited to the mere naming of an attorney to represent an accused, but also envisions that counsel so appointed shall have the opportunity and in fact discharge the responsibilities required by his representation.”
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.