Commonwealth v. Fernandez’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons · Ungar v. Sarafite · Miller v. Alabama · Miller v. Alabama · Graham v. Florida
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is now well established, based on 'science, social science, and common sense,' that adolescents are significantly different from adults for purposes of analysis under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“our acknowledgement that adolescents are constitutionally different from adults has been precisely limited to our consideration of juvenile sentencing, not whether a juvenile defendant is capable of committing murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In order to prove deliberate premeditation, the Commonwealth must show that 'the plan to kill was formed after deliberation and reflection.'”
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.