Com. v. Squire’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · Shivaee v. Com. · Com. v. Allen · Com. v. Miller · Northampton County Bza v. Eastern Shore Development Corp.
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.
“that is, whether the finding is 'plainly wrong or without evidence to support [it].'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“any person who (i) has been convicted of a sexually violent offense... and (ii) because of a mental abnormality or personality disorder, finds it difficult to control his predatory behavior, which makes him likely to engage in sexually violent acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Com. v. Bell“statistical risk of re-offending [of] 33% within five years,”
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.