Brown v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently September 2000
2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Trowel v. Commonwealth · Brown v. Commonwealth · Brewer 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In discussing the evidence, the Court noted the evidence summarized above, without Dr. Shaler's testimony, `was sufficient to justify the conviction of Jim Brown. . . .' Majority Opinion at p. 361. The question now before us is no longer the sufficiency of the evidence absent Dr. Shaler's testimony or whether "there was ample circumstantial evidence in the record on which the jury could have based its verdict.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“somewhat disturbed by the trial court's refusal to grant a continuance . . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when presented with the opportunity during cross-examination, defense counsel failed to question Shaler about the doubts expressed in the Saturday conversation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.