Commonwealth v. Jefferson’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
July 2022
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on District of Columbia v. Heller · McDonald v. City of Chicago · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Gilmore v. Taylor · Commonwealth v. Freeman
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where, as here, the firearm was a revolver ..., a rational jury could infer that those who possessed the firearm knew that it was loaded with ammunition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“pistol, revolver or other weapon of any description, loaded or unloaded, from which a shot or bullet can be discharged”
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.