Commonwealth v. Jeffries’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · Harris v. United States · United States v. Beaulieu · United States v. Silverman · United States v. Carmona
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 receive a meaningful, fair, and equitable opportunity ... to controvert evidence presented against him [and] present evidence in mitigation of punishment. Due process demands no less.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. C.F. v. Commonwealth
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.