Commonwealth v. Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
3
states following
January 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Musgrave · Commonwealth v. Musgrave · Commonwealth v. Domingue
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]here must be an actual intention to cause apprehension, unless there exists the morally worse intention to cause bodily harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Branch“[P]roof of an intent to cause fear is required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Branch
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.