Boyle v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
March 2005
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Abernathy v. Commonwealth · Postell v. Commonwealth · Broyles v. Commonwealth · Bartlett v. Vanover · Brown 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . the subject of parole is not to be given any consideration by them [the jury] in determining innocence, guilt, or punishment." Boyle, supra at 712 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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