Commonwealth v. Burns’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. United States · McGinnis v. Hadix · Webster v. United States · Commonwealth v. Rodriquez · Commonwealth v. Mello
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in light of the entire argument, the judge's instructions, and the evidence at trial.”
2 later decisions 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.