Moore v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
April 1977
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullins v. Commonwealth · Mason v. Commonwealth · Cissell v. Commonwealth · Parsley v. Commonwealth · Newsome v. Commonwealth
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘When the evidence, even though it be circumstantial, affords fair and reasonable ground upon which the verdict of a jury might he rested, the case should go to the jury. It is only where the testimony in behalf of the commonwealth fails to incriminate the accused, or is wholly insufficient to show guilt, that an accused is entitled to a peremptory instruction.’ ””
2 later decisions 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.