Commonwealth v. Hale’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Washington v. Glucksberg · Frisbie v. Collins · Ker v. People of the State of Illinois · Ponzi v. Fessenden
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Tjhis harsh remedy ... is a relic that has outlived its usefulness. While the forfeiture rule may have had a place as a prophylactic measure designed to prevent regression in the midst of a paradigmatic change in correctional philosophy, we can discern no similarly compelling reason for a forfeiture rule in the 21st Century.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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