Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Powers v. Ohio · JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · Johnson v. California
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.
“Article 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights proscribes the use of peremptory challenges 'to exclude prospective jurors solely by virtue of their membership in, or affiliation with, particular, defined groupings in the community.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A trial judge is in the best position to decide if a peremptory challenge appears improper and requires an explanation by the party exercising it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A prosecutor is permitted to 'make a fair response to an attack on the credibility of a government witness.'”
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.