Commonwealth v. Ayala’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Amperex Electronic Corp. v. New York Racing Assn., Inc. · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Saferian · United States Touhy v. Ragen
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.
“formed a 'mosaic' of evidence such that the jury could conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant was the shooter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]e consider whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A conviction may rest exclusively on circumstantial evidence, and, in evaluating that evidence, we draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the Commonwealth.”
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.