Commonwealth v. Hart’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
December 2022
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Henderson v. Morgan · Commonwealth v. Grandison · Commonwealth v. Furr · Commonwealth v. Russin
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“sufficient facts on the record to establish each element of the offense.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the defendant's admission, or his admission supplemented by the State's offer of proof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“The intelligence requirement may be met in one of three ways: the [plea] judge may explain the elements of the crime to the defendant; [defense] counsel may explain the elements of the crime to the defendant; or the defendant may 'admit[] the facts constituting the crime . . . even if he is not aware that [those] facts . . . are the elements of the crime.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.