Commonwealth v. Viverito’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Testan · Bottone v. United States · Commonwealth v. Mahnke · Opinion of the Justices to the Senate · Commonwealth v. Imbruglia
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motion to dismiss criminal charges with prejudice is the most severe sanction that can be had when the government errs in a criminal case. Precluding trial of the accused based on some unauthorized or unconstitutional conduct on the part of wayward prosecutors, police, or other officers within the law enforcement or judicial system deprives the public of its ability to protect itself by punishing an offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Larson“Prejudice required for dismissal focuses on the subsequent trial and the interference with procedural rights therein.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. G.F.
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.