Commonwealth v. Bowling’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1982
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daggit v. Commonwealth · Brown v. Commonwealth · Goodhue v. Commonwealth · Flora v. Commonwealth
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The requirement of RCr 9.62 is met if the corroborative evidence is of such quality that a reasonable and unprejudiced mind can conclude that it tends to establish some fact that links the accused up with the principal fact of the commission of the offense. * * * Once the testimony of an accomplice is given a ring of truth by means of independent corroborative testimony, a conviction can rest upon the testimony of the accomplice alone. Thus it is unnecessary that the corroborative testimony establish guilt. It needs only to tend to connect the accused with the commission of the offense. * * *"”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(t)he corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows that the offense was committed and the circumstances thereof,”
1 later decision 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.