Commonwealth v. Pina’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
2 district · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Romano v. United States · Rosales-Lopez v. United States · McGinnis v. Hadix · Commonwealth v. Yesilciman
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the term 'race' reflects the historical division of humanity by physical characteristics into three primary divisions: Caucasian, Mongolian, & Negro.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is in the sound discretion of trial judges to determine on a case-by-case basis whether an individual voir dire is required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We ... reverse a judge's failure to question jurors individually upon request only 'when a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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