Commonwealth v. Hayward’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

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.

1. “[p]ossessing the primary precursor ..., ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, along with all the other necessary chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine provided a legally sufficient basis for the jury to find that Appellant was trafficking in methamphetamine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matheney v. Commonwealth

2. “there is no reason other than the manufacture of methamphetamine for having a combination of pseudoephedrine, lye, rock salt, iodine crystals, red phosphorus, toluene, sulfuric acid, and hydrochloric acid in one place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matheney v. Commonwealth

3. “a substance which is a compound commonly used or produced primarily as an immediate chemical intermediary used in the manufacture of a controlled substance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Nyce