Commonwealth v. Seabrooks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Except as hereinafter provided, in any court proceeding ... a patient shall have the privilege of refusing to disclose, and of preventing a witness from disclosing, any communication, wherever made, between said patient and a psychotherapist relative to the diagnosis or treatment of the patient’s mental or emotional condition.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Dung Van Tran

2. “Where ... a judge has explored the grounds for any possible claim that a juror cannot be impartial, and has determined that a juror stands indifferent, we will not conclude that the judge abused his discretion by empaneling the juror unless juror prejudice is manifest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Haggett

3. “For the privileges [against self-incrimination] to attach, the State must compel the defendant to produce testimonial evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Waweru