Commonwealth v. Richter’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
2
states following
February 2009
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. LaCava · Commonwealth v. Simmons · Commonwealth v. Claypool · Commonwealth v. Bronshtein · Consolidated Coal Co. v. Vandruff
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence of prior bad acts are generally not admissible if offered merely to show bad character or a propensity for committing bad acts. Exceptions to this general proscription exist in special circumstances where the evidence is relevant for some other legitimate purpose and not merely designed to prejudice the defendant by showing him to be a person of bad character.”
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.