Boyce v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he expert’s testimony was properly excluded because the only factual basis upon which the expert could have reached her diagnosis of “Paraphilia, Not Otherwise Specified . . . Sexual Abuse of Child” was from her reliance on the unsupported belief that Garrett committed the offenses charged, because Garrett’s criminal record did not include any other charges of sexual abuse of a child, and the only adult offense of a sexual nature was a rape conviction with an adult victim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Reed

2. “whether the circuit court erred by refusing to strike the testimony of a mental health expert who relied upon a criminal charge for taking indecent liberties with children that was dismissed by nolle prosequi as a factor in forming the opinion that the appellant met the criteria for a sexually violent predator.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Reed

3. “On appeal, we generally review evidentiary rulings under an abuse of discretion standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Williams