Commonwealth v. Sharpe’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
2
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · Anchors v. United States · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Grace · Commonwealth v. Helfant
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We defer to a judge's credibility assessments, and we extend special deference to the action of a motion judge who also was the trial judge”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Findings of fact after an evidentiary hearing on the motion will not be disturbed on appeal if supported by the record.”
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.