Commonwealth v. Crapps’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
March 2020
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Lanigan · Canavan's Case · Commonwealth v. Brzezinski
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To establish constructive possession, the Commonwealth must prove a defendant's (a) knowledge of the contraband; (b) ability to control it; and (c) intention to exercise control over it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“police had observed suspected drug dealing behavior”
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.