Commonwealth v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
December 1979
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. United States · McCarthy v. United States · Green v. United States · Parker v. North Carolina · Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. Rundle
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To render an intelligent and knowing decision with respect to a choice between pleading guilty and standing trial, reason dictates that the one making the choice be aware of what each possibility entails. If he is not, his choice can hardly be said to be ‘intelligent.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“erroneous advice received both from his trial counsel and the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Hare
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.