Commonwealth v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 2022
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · McGinnis v. Hadix · Simon v. Solomon · Commonwealth v. Helfant · Commonwealth v. O'DELL
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.
“Living in a place where drugs are in plain view and being sold, or associating with someone who controls the contraband is not enough to prove constructive possession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must take the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth rather than weighing it independently.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“generally not an appropriate line of inquiry”
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.