Commonwealth v. Kuebler’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
64 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently March 2011 · most notably Commonwealth v. Lovette (1982), Commonwealth v. D'Amato (1987)
64 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Tabb · Commonwealth v. Potter · Commonwealth v. Whack · Commonwealth v. Cherry · Commonwealth v. Adkins
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is unprofessional conduct for the prosecutor to express his personal belief or opinion as to the truth or falsity of any testimony or evidence of the guilt of the defendant." ABA Standards Relating to the Prosecution Function, § 5.8(b) (Approved Draft, 1971).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In determining whether the established bounds of propriety have been exceeded in closing argument, we must ever be mindful of the `possibility that the jury will give special weight to the prosecutor's arguments, not only because of the prestige associated with his office, but also because of the fact-finding facilities presumably available to him.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“attacks the credibility of `everything' [the defendant ] stated on the witness stand, and unequivocally communicates the prosecuting attorney's personal view of appellant 's testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.