Commonwealth v. Goosby’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
1
states following
March 1985
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Clair · Commonwealth v. Futch · Commonwealth v. Goosby · Commonwealth v. Snyder
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]y acquiescing to the admission of the statement and by using the exculpatory portions of it to rebut or weaken the prosecution's very strong case, counsel had an eminently ` reasonable basis designed to effectuate appellant's interest.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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