Commonwealth v. Robbins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 26 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] defendant must possess a certain degree of competence to plead guilty.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 - Commonwealth v. Stylianopolous · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 - Commonwealth v. Lopez

2. “whether [the defendant] has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding-and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 - Commonwealth v. Lopez

3. “When reviewing the judge's finding of competency, we give substantial deference to his findings of fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 - Commonwealth v. Lopez