Weaver v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 2012
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Bagley · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Kyles v. Whitley · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas
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.
“However, once the essential facts constituting bias have been admitted, a trial court “may, of course, impose reasonable limits on defense counsel’s inquiry into the potential bias of a prosecution witness, to take account of such factors as ‘harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, the witness’ safety, or interrogation that [would be] repetitive or only marginally relevant....” ’ 14”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“do not include amendments or additions created unilaterally by either the General Assembly or the Supreme Court (although we are aware that the General Assembly has enacted post-1992 statutes which purport to create new privileges.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“by Constitution or statute or by these or other rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Kentucky.”
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.