Reams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1978
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Maxwell Oliver v. Henry E. Cowan, Superintendent, Etc.
Most-quoted passages
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““. . . that it is not bound by Oliver and does not accept the principles enunciated therein as sound in the absence of a showing of prejudice. To set aside a judgment upon such a technical ground without even an allegation that the defendant had a reason why it should not have been pronounced would, it seems to us, be absurd.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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