Commonwealth v. Belcher’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anchors v. United States · Commonwealth v. Trapp · Commonwealth v. Horton · Commonwealth v. Harbin · Commonwealth v. Whitman
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the interpretation a reasonable juror would place on the judge's words”
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.