Helvey v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1970
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Newton 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.
““This, however, is quite a different matter from proof of the sale as evidence to sustain a charge of illegal possession. There is no rule against that.” (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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