Fultz v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
June 2000
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kennedy v. Commonwealth · Merritt v. Commonwealth · McGrew v. Commonwealth · Parrish v. Commonwealth · Waddle v. Commonwealth
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) When a person has been convicted of an offense or has entered a plea of guilty to an offense classified as a Class A, B, or C felony and the commission of such offense involved the use of a weapon from which a shot or projectile may be discharged that is readily capable of producing death or other serious physical injury, such person shall not be eligible for probation, shock probation or conditional discharge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Reed
How this case has been treated — in progress
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