Commonwealth v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Tucker · Commonwealth v. O'DELL · Commonwealth v. Matchett · Attorney General v. Pelletier · Commonwealth v. Mayfield
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Comprised of citizens who sit independently and in secrecy, the grand jury determine[ ] whether sufficient cause exists to justify requiring a person to undergo the 'public accusation of crime, and ... the trouble, expense and anxiety of a public trial before a jury of his peers.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“did assault and beat [the victim] with intent to murder him and by such assault and beating did kill and murder [the victim].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The degree of murder shall be found by the [petit] jury”
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.