Commonwealth v. Stote’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 29 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Absent a showing of bad faith, we consider the primary issue of prejudice. In measuring prejudice, 'it is the consequences of the delay that matter, not the likely impact of the nondisclosed evidence, and we ask whether the prosecution's disclosure was sufficiently timely to allow the defendant "to make effective use of the evidence in preparing and presenting his case.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 806 - Commonwealth v. Chambers · Commonwealth v. Lavin

2. “Where the Commonwealth has delayed in disclosing evidence prior to trial, our principal concern is whether the defendant has been prejudiced by the delay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1114 - Commonwealth v. Barsell

3. “Whether evidence is legally relevant is a question which is generally left to the discretion of the trial judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 - Commonwealth v. Boyd