Commonwealth v. Fickling’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Francis v. Franklin · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Williams v. Lynaugh, Director, Texas Department of Corrections · Commonwealth v. Helfant · Commonwealth v. Sellon
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“instruction regarding voluntary manslaughter impermissibly shifted the burden of proof on provocation, thereby creating a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lynch v. Ficco“correct instructions make it clear to the jury ... that [they] carry more weight than the ... incorrect ones.”
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.