Commonwealth v. Leach’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doyle v. Ohio · Commonwealth v. Soares · Cecil v. United States · Commonwealth v. Kozec · Commonwealth v. McCarthy
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[the failure of defense counsel to object to statements made by a prosecutor during the closing is a matter to which we attach significance.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Redcap · State v. Davis“It is not only a sign that what was said sounded less exciting at trial than appellate counsel now would have it seem, but it is also some indication that the tone and manner of the now challenged aspect of the prosecutor's argument were not unfairly prejudicial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Redcap
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.