Commonwealth v. Sicari’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
3
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
38 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Michigan v. Mosley · Davis v. United States · Vrettos v. Plainfield Post Office · Commonwealth v. Flebotte
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.
“it must only provide a link in the chain of proof”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Evidence is relevant if (a) it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence and (b) the fact is of consequence in determining the action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we uphold a judge's decision in this area unless it is palpably wrong.”
1 later decision 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.