Commonwealth v. Miranda’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
39
cited by 39 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
July 2022
most recently cited
36 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Sullivan v. Louisiana · Hoffa v. United States · Palko v. State of Connecticut · Wrenn v. McFadden
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for counsel to respond to arguments raised by the defense, and to make an argument presented by way of reasonable inferences that could be drawn from the evidence”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[C]ircumstantial evidence is sufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A] prosecutor shifts the burden of proof when, for example, he or she calls the jury's attention to the defendant's failure to call a witness or witnesses, or when the prosecutor offers 'direct comment * on a defendant's failure to contradict testimony.'”
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.