17 Mass. App. Ct. 537 - Commonwealth v. Healey’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 3 state decisions

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.

1. “Whoever disguises himself with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law, or to intimidate, hinder or interrupt an officer or other person in the lawful performance of his duty, or in the exercise of his rights under the constitution or laws of the commonwealth, whether such intent is effected or not, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year and may if imprisoned also be bound to good behavior for one year after the expiration of such imprisonment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prall v. City of Boston

2. “[t]hese definitions all contain some reference to physical concealment in dress or appearance, and do not encompass appellant's conduct of giving police a false name and birth date.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Jackson

3. “[a] person who gives a false name does not ... `disguise[] himself' within the ordinary lexical meaning of the term, and such conduct does not fall within the ambit of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Jackson