Commonwealth v. Kravitz’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
1
states following
March 1983
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Fay v. Noia · Machibroda v. United States · Commonwealth v. Kravitz · Commonwealth v. Walters
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order for a waiver to be effectuated, the prisoner's nonaction must be a deliberate and understanding bypass of the available . . . procedures.”
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.