Covington v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 1982
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coleman v. Commonwealth · Hall v. Commonwealth · Canter v. Commonwealth · Allen v. Commonwealth · Wolford v. Buchanan
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.
““The appellant alleges error in the judgment in imposing sentences for the two principal offenses in addition to the habitual-criminal sentence. The judgment is in error in that regard, for the rule is that if the jury finds the defendant guilty of the principal offense and of the previous convictions, only the penalty prescribed by the habitual-criminal statute shall be imposed and not the penalty for the principal offense. . . . ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pace v. Commonwealth
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.