Commonwealth v. Obi’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Virginia · Anthony's Pier Four, Inc. v. HBC ASSOCIATES · Commonwealth v. Soares · Cecil v. United States · United States v. Consuelo-Gonzalez
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The principal goals of probation are rehabilitation of the defendant and protection of the public.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the judge observed that the juror's headscarf was of a type traditionally worn by Muslim women”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“so long as the condition is 'reasonably related' to the goals of sentencing and probation.”
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.