Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
2 district · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · United States v. Grayson · Griffin v. United States · United States v. Bailey · Jones v. Farm Credit Administration
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“concern that showing remorse requires an expression of guilt, and that true remorse amounts to an admission of guilt.... Generally, constitutional concerns appear to increase as the sentencing judge criticizes the defendant for not expressing remorse, or otherwise considers the defendant's failure to do so as an aggravating factor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[m]ultiple jurisdictions have acknowledged the fine line that exists between appropriately considering remorse and punishing a defendant for exercise of his Fifth Amendment [to the United States Constitution] rights against self-incrimination and to remain silent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the defendant's behavior, character, background, and, perhaps most important, 'the nature of the offense and the circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.