Commonwealth v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
50
cited by 50 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Sandstrom v. Montana · County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · Francis v. Franklin · Turner v. United States
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A gun is a lethal weapon; pointing it toward a person, and then discharging it, speaks volumes as to one's intention.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Viewing the evidence in the fight most favorable to the Commonwealth as the verdict winner, and taking all reasonable inferences in favor of the Commonwealth, the reviewing court must determine whether the evidence supports the factfinder’s determination of all of the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] person commits an attempt when with intent to commit a specific crime [the mens rea ], he does any act which constitutes a substantial step [the actus reus] towards the commission of the crime.”
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.