Commonwealth v. Dabney’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (§ 112 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) · 18 U.S.C. § 2422 (White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (Mann Act))
Relies on Morgan v. Illinois · Paalan v. United States · State v. Colon · L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth · Dingle v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[P]art of the guarantee of a defendant's right to an impartial jury is an adequate voir dire to identify unqualified jurors”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the empanelment process takes somewhat longer when attorneys participate in voir dire, the consensus is that [attorney participation in voir dire] has improved the process of jury selection. As a result, judges and attorneys should have greater confidence that the jurors who are ultimately empaneled are more likely to be impartial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"Upon motion of either party, the court shall ... examine on oath a person who is called as a juror, to learn whether the juror ... has expressed or formed an opinion, or is sensible of any bias or prejudice."”
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.