Wilson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2004
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santobello v. New York · 501 So. 2d 591 - Lee v. State · Commonwealth v. Reyes · Wood 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[T]he rights provided to crime victims by KRS 421.500 through 421.550 belong to the victim independent of the Commonwealth, and cannot be plea bargained away without the crime victim's actual approval.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoskins v. Maricle“The victim has the right to convey the impact of the crime to the court and take a stand on sentencing. The Commonwealth and appellant could not dispose of these rights by their own agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoskins v. Maricle“prior to any decision on the sentencing ... of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoskins v. Maricle
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.