Commonwealth v. Hanright’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
October 2021
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brinegar v. United States · Beck v. State of Ohio · Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez · Commonwealth v. McCarthy · Commonwealth v. Casale
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]robable cause to sustain an indictment is a decidedly low standard,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“All that is required is 'reasonably trustworthy information ... sufficient to warrant a prudent [person] in believing that the defendant had committed ... an offense.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[o]nce a defendant participates in the underlying felony, with the intent or shared intent to commit that felony, he or she becomes liable for a death that 'followed naturally and probably from the carrying out of the joint enterprise.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Commonwealth v. Bin
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.