Commonwealth v. Guy’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McGinnis v. Hadix · Commonwealth v. Bradshaw · Commonwealth v. Santiago · Commonwealth v. Jackson · Commonwealth v. Greenberg
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was relevant to the defendant's motive and state of mind and to explain what otherwise might be seen as an inexplicable act of violence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“technical, analytical manner, without drama or undue emphasis that might have released its potential for unfair prejudice.”
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.