Commonwealth v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 153 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 161 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Commonwealth v. LaCava (1995), Holloway v. Horn (2004)
5 federal appellate · 153 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 Ake v. Oklahoma · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Commonwealth v. Pierce · Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer · Commonwealth v. Pettus
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 161 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[njothing contained in [42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(d)(9) ] would lead us to believe that the Legislature intended to limit the scope of prior convictions for purposes of aggravating sentence to only those arising from acts occurring prior to the instant offense. The term “significant history” refers to [appellant's status at the time of sentencing, not at the time he committed the crime for which he is being sentenced. The function of the penalty phase is to focus upon the aspects of a defendant’s character, which is properly reflected in his prior convictions, regardless of when the acts leading to those convictions occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Commonwealth v. May“The defendant has a significant history of felony convictions involving the use or threat of violence to the person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Commonwealth v. May“Appellant's pro se claims are improper and will not be considered by this Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Holloway v. Horn
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.