Shields v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Grooms v. Commonwealth · Carter v. Commonwealth · Boone v. Commonwealth · Sizemore v. Commonwealth · Iles 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n order to be qualified to sit as a juror in a criminal case, a member of the venire must be able to consider any permissible punishment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A meaningful voir dire examination by both sides is a sine qua non to the seating of a fair and impartial 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.