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← 41 MASSAPPCT 23 - Commonwealth v. Landenburg

Commonwealth v. Landenburg’s Empirical Analysis

1996

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Forde · Commonwealth v. Michaud · Commonwealth v. Costello

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

  1. “is tested by a motion for a required finding of not guilty, the standard of review may be less demanding of the prosecution than the familiar test of ... Latimore .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “be some evidence besides the confession, that the criminal act was committed by someone, that is, that the crime was real and not imaginary.”
    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.