Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Bruton v. United States · North Carolina v. Pearce · United States v. Wilson · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Huddleston 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has not suggested that the initial allowance of the motion affected his trial strategy with regard to the other charges.”
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.