Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 41 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “applies to deny finality to the original verdicts here, since the jury, by their own action and without any suggestion from the judge or any one else, immediately indicated that the verdicts reported did not state what they had agreed to.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 682 - Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto · Efrid Brown and William J. Johnson, Jr. v. Frank O. Gunter, Etc.

2. “remained an undispersed unit, still within the control of the court and in the custody of the court officers, and they were not subject to any judicial or extra-judicial influence before they returned to the court room to announce the true verdicts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Efrid Brown and William J. Johnson, Jr. v. Frank O. Gunter, Etc.

3. “Before a verdict has been affirmed and recorded, the judge may set it aside or instruct the jury and send them out for further deliberation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 682 - Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto