Commonwealth v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Bruton v. United States · Lynumn v. Illinois · Gray v. Maryland · Horne v. Flores
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“asking the rhetorical question, 'What possible motive does [the witness] have to come in here and lie to you?' 'A prosecutor can address, in a closing argument, a witness's demeanor, motive for testifying, and believability, provided that such remarks are based on the evidence, or fair inferences drawn from it, and are not based on the prosecutor's personal beliefs ....'”
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.