Commonwealth v. Colby’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
6
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Duckworth v. Eagan · Wyrick v. Fields · Commonwealth v. Mello · Commonwealth v. Selby · State v. Burge
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if he could not afford an attorney, the Commonwealth would attempt to provide one for him”
1 later decision 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.