Commonwealth v. Padgett’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Commonwealth v. Colbert (1978), 327 Pa. Super. 199 - Commonwealth v. Frederick (1984)
26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney · Commonwealth v. Kravitz · Commonwealth v. Boyd
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“firing of a bullet in the general area in which vital organs are located can in and of itself be sufficient to prove specific intent to kill beyond a reasonable doubt.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Appellant’s counsel in this appeal argues that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to (1) properly prepare appellant for cross-examination; (2) present a defense that no one would intentionally kill a victim by pointing a gun at a victim’s arm; and (3) investigate an alleged assault and battery conviction of appellant committed on the victim prior to the homicide.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.