Commonwealth v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. Turner · Commonwealth v. Bowden · Spence v. Educational Credit Management Corp.
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““To require the defendant at this stage to prove that the [lost or destroyed evidence at issue] [was] in fact exculpatory would . . . convert the [Commonwealth’s duty to disclose exculpatory evidence] . . . into an empty promise, easily circumvented by suppression of evidence by means of destruction rather than mere failure to reveal” (quotations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[E]xculpatory is not a technical term meaning alibi or other complete proof of innocence, but simply imports evidence which tends to negate the guilt of the accused ... or, stated affirmatively, supporting the innocence of the defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the judge's application of the balancing test that 'weigh[s] the culpability of the Commonwealth, the materiality of the evidence, and the potential prejudice to the defendant.'”
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.