Beane v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the defendant should have the right to have the jury instructed that this penalty will be imposed in addition to any sentence provided by the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Com. of Ky. v. Moore

2. “is an administrative function, and not a punishment or fine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Com. of Ky. v. Moore