Commonwealth v. Rutherford’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
September 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Kozec · L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Helfant · Commonwealth v. Mello · Commonwealth v. Crayton
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.
“[w]hile prosecutors are entitled to argue 'forcefully for the defendant's conviction,' closing arguments must be limited to facts in evidence and the fair inferences that may be drawn from those facts.”
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.