Commonwealth v. Villafuerte’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Martin Theatres of Texas, Inc. v. Bullock · Commonwealth v. Rodriquez · Commonwealth v. Toney · Commonwealth v. Carrion · Commonwealth v. Stuckich
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.
“evidence must be probative of the defendant's feelings of guilt concerning the crime of which he is accused.”
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.