Choy v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Ashe v. Swenson · Benton v. Maryland · Tibbs v. Florida · Green v. United States
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We are mindful that in arson cases the Commonwealth often can prove guilt only by a web of circumstantial evidence that entwines the suspect in guilt beyond a reasonable doubt”
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.