Commonwealth v. Soto’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
3
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Jones · 27 Mass. App. Ct. 662 - Commonwealth v. Lamrini · Commonwealth v. Soto
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If you are not a citizen of the United States, you are hereby advised that conviction of the offense for which you have been charged may have the consequences of deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization, pursuant to the laws of the United States.””
4 later decisions 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.