Commonwealth v. Weichell’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Martinez-Salazar · Johnson v. United States · Goldberg v. Ellett · Commonwealth v. Grace · United States v. Thomas
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he motion judge decides not whether the verdict would have been different,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“casts real doubt on the justice of the conviction.”
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.