Commonwealth v. Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
February 2009
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Caldwell v. Mississippi · Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal · Commonwealth v. Beasley · Commonwealth v. Baker · 377 Pa. Super. 46 - In the Interest of Davis
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That case has no relevance to this case, where the statement at issue was not in response to an argument raised by the defense. In Beasley , we affirmed the sentence of death where the prosecutor argued that the defendant would pursue endless appeals to all levels in the court system and stated,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“when can you remember was the last person who was executed in Pennsylvania?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“fixing the punishment at death or life imprisonment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.