Commonwealth v. Roney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 state decisions

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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[B]ecause the weighing of the evidence is a function distinct from fact-finding, Apprendi does not apply here.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Nunley · State v. Fry

2. “[Wjhere an appellate decision overrules prior law and announces a new principle, unless the decision specifically declares the ruling to be prospective only, the new rule is to be applied retroactively to cases where the issue in question is properly preserved at all stages of adjudication up to and including any direct appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 2014 Pa. Super. 178 - Commonwealth v. Newman

3. “[A]s evident in Ring, Apprendi narrowly focused on a jury's fact-finding responsibility and did not involve any question concerning whether the `beyond a reasonable doubt' standard applies to a jury's weighing of the aggravating and mitigating circumstances after the defendant has been found eligible for the death penalty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fry