Commonwealth v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably Commonwealth v. Jackson (1984), Commonwealth v. Thomas (1989)
92 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. Westchester County Bar Ass'n · Commonwealth v. Eiland · Commonwealth v. Strantz · Commonwealth v. Roscioli · Commonwealth v. Roux
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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] conspiracy may be proven inferentially by showing the relation, conduct, or circumstances of the parties, and the overt acts of alleged co-conspirators are competent as proof that a criminal confederation has in fact been formed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Definition of conspiracy. — A person is guilty of conspiracy with another person or persons to commit a crime if with the intent of promoting or facilitating its commission he: (1) agrees with such other person or persons that they or one or more of them will engage in conduct which constitutes such crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime; or (2) agrees to aid such other person or persons in the planning or commission of such crime or of an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“agrees with such other person or persons that they or one or more of them will engage in conduct which constitutes such crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime: or agrees to aid such other person or persons in the planning or commission of such crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.