Buchanan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
May 1997
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Smith · 28 Cal. 3d 1 - Hovey v. Superior Court · Spinkellink v. Wainwright · 88 Ill. 2d 129 - People v. Lewis · State v. Taylor
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n this case, the report contained no inculpatory statements by [petitioner] or any accusatory observation by the examiner who merely recited his observations of [petitioner's] outward appearance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Buchanan v. Kentucky“[a] death-qualified panel tends to ensure those who serve on the jury [will] be willing and able to follow the evidence and law rather than their own preconceived attitudes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Buchanan v. Kentucky“opened the door for the introduction of the competency report by introducing only those DHR reports which were beneficial to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Buchanan v. Kentucky
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.