Stephens v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2012
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A search warrant may be issued, upon affidavit sufficient under section 10 of the constitution of Kentucky and sworn to before the issuing officer, by a magistrate, or by any other officer authorized by statute.”
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.