Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
January 1988
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Amperex Electronic Corp. v. New York Racing Assn., Inc. · Cool v. United States · Commonwealth v. McComb · People v. O'Brien · State v. Gardner
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Legitimate basis exists for charging the jury to view an accomplice’s testimony with suspicion when the accomplice testifies for the Commonwealth. Such a witness, out of the reasonable expectation of leniency, has an interest in inculpating others. This basis is inapplicable, however, when the accomplice testifies on behalf of the defense. One implicated in a crime cannot reasonably expect such leniency by exonerating others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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