Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doyle v. Ohio · Commonwealth v. Flebotte · Commonwealth v. Alphas · Commonwealth v. Randolph · Commonwealth v. Mahdi
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Prior convictions may be introduced in the discretion of the judge, who weighs the danger of unfair prejudice that might result from the admission of such evidence against its probative value for impeachment purposes.”
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.