Commonwealth v. Thatch’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
2
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Spigarolo · Commonwealth v. Conefrey · Commonwealth v. Watson · Commonwealth v. Scanlon · Commonwealth v. Comtois
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a single count is charged and where the spatial and temporal separations between acts are short, ... rather than a succession of clearly detached incidents, a specific unanimity instruction is not required.”
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.