Commonwealth v. Chase’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 37 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “review the evidence and the case as a whole, considering the strength of the Commonwealth's case, as well as the nature and significance of the alleged errors.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. McCray · 95 Mass. App. Ct. 406 - Commonwealth v. Mitchell

2. “only in the extraordinary situation where, after such a review, we are left with uncertainty that the defendant's guilt has been fairly adjudicated.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. McCray · 95 Mass. App. Ct. 406 - Commonwealth v. Mitchell

3. “A defendant generally may not raise any ground in a motion for a new trial that could have been, but was not, raised at trial or on direct appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1129 - Commonwealth v. Dutcher · Commonwealth v. Proulx