Commonwealth v. Cotter’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
August 2008
most recently cited
2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. United States · Commonwealth v. Coleman
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“defendant's character and propensity for rehabilitation are relevant ... considerations”
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.