Mitchell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
June 1997
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Payne v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Reneer · Gall v. Commonwealth · Harper v. Commonwealth · Napier v. Commonwealth
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e cannot expect the jury to render a `true verdict' if they are misled or confused. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“finding is, for all practical purposes, empty of legal consequences. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“essentially meaningless and inherently confusing,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.