Commonwealth v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
July 1983
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Davis · Commonwealth v. Wrona · Commonwealth v. Frye · Commonwealth v. Bailey · Commonwealth v. Frazier
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under the Act of 1951, June 15, P.L. 585, § 1, 19 P.S. § 871, where it is determined after a review of the entire record that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the charge, the trial court is mandated to discharge the defendant and dismiss the case. This act does not leave the remedy to the discretion of the court, but rather, directs the dismissal of the action and the discharge of the defendant.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.