Commonwealth v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wheeler v. MO DIR. OF REVENUE · United States v. Padilla · United States Totten v. Bombardier Corporation · Hashimi v. Kalil · Ginther v. Commissioner of Insurance
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the oral pronouncement of a sentence [at the sentencing hearing] generally controls over the written expression where there exists a material conflict between the two”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“However, no material conflict exists where the defendant is on notice that he is subject to the terms included in the written judgment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“presume, as we must, that the Legislature intended what the words of the statute say.”
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.