Commonwealth v. Kelsey’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Roviaro v. United States · United States v. Nixon · Washington v. Texas
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“assess the materiality and relevancy of the disclosure to the defense, if that relevancy is not apparent from the nature of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“more likely than not violated the conditions of his probation,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Courts in the Commonwealth have assumed, without so holding, that the same standard [as exists in the trial context] applies to probation revocation hearings”
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.