Commonwealth v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Clair · Commonwealth v. Sullivan · Commonwealth v. Fox · Commonwealth v. Mabie
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We have long held that ‘the mental competence of an accused must be regarded as an absolute and basic condition of a fair trial’. Commonwealth v. Bruno, 435 Pa. 200, 205, n.1 , 255 A.2d 519, 522, n.1 (1969). Accordingly we have been loath to find a waiver of such a claim. Commonwealth v. Marshall, 456 Pa. 313 , 318 A.2d 724 (1974). Indeed, we have recently held that ‘when the issue presented is whether a person was competent to stand trial, the waiver rule is not applicable.’ Commonwealth v. Tyson, 485 Pa. 344, 349 , 402 A.2d 995, 997 (1979).””
3 later decisions 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.