Commonwealth v. Conner’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
2
states following
October 1985
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Andres v. United States · Commonwealth v. Flax · Commonwealth v. Ewing · Commonwealth ex rel. Ryan v. Banmiller
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The purpose of the poll is to give any juror, who may possibly have been under pressure from other members of the jury to acquiesce in the verdict, an opportunity to speak out and declare to the court that the verdict as announced by the foreman was voluntarily joined in by the answering juror.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“voluntary manslaughter consists of an intentional and unlawful killing of a human being without malice, either express or implied, but committed under the influence of sudden passion. Commonwealth v. Flax, 331 Pa. 145 , 200 A. 632 (1938).”
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.