Smith v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Olano · Geneva Pharmaceuticals Technology Corp. v. Barr Laboratories Inc. · Martin v. Commonwealth · Steven Vance, Minor, by and Through His Mother, Deborah Vance Alma McGowen Minor, by and Through Her Mother, Barbara Erfurth v. Spencer County Public School District Spencer County Board of Education · Young 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) A person is guilty of an offense committed by another person when, with the intention of promoting or facilitating the commission of the offense, he: (a) Solicits, commands, or engages in a conspiracy with such other person to commit the offense; or (b) Aids, counsels, or attempts to aid such person in planning or committing the offense; or (c) Having a legal duty to prevent the commission of the offense, fails to make a proper effort to do so.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.