Commonwealth v. Finase’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 17 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[T]he two terms are not interchangeable, but a ‘no contact’ order includes a ‘stay away’ order. Pursuant to a ‘stay away’ order, the defendant may not come within a specified distance of the protected party, usually stated in the order, but written or oral contact between the parties is not prohibited. By contrast, a ‘no contact’ order mandates that the defendant not communicate by any means with the protected party, in addition to remaining physically separated. Thus, a ‘no contact’ order is broader.””

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

2. “longstanding common-law principle ... that the Legislature did not intend to make accidents and mistakes crimes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1102 - L.D. v. C.H.