Commonwealth v. Palmer’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
4 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Moses · Commonwealth v. Cruz · Commonwealth v. Harris · Commonwealth v. Brooks · Wolfe v. Gormally
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or cultivates, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense or cultivate a controlled substance in Class D of [§ 31] shall be imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years or by a fine or not less than [$500] nor more than [$5,000], or both such fine and imprisonment."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“cultivate a limited number of plants, sufficient to maintain a [sixty]-day supply of marijuana.”
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.