Clay v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2003
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Abernathy v. Commonwealth · Diehl v. Commonwealth · Smith 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n all drug cases tried after the effective date of this opinion, when a subsequent offense is charged, the trial shall be bifurcated in accordance with the Truth-In-Sentencing Act (K.R.S. Chapter 532).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Byrd v. Wilson“is nothing more than a sentencing statute, with provision for enhancing the penalty for subsequent offenders.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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