Commonwealth v. Clements’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 4 district · 25 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It was clear from Willis’s direct examination that his testimony before the grand jury was a subject of contention. A lengthy bench conference was held on the subject just prior to cross-examination. Indeed, defense counsel cross-examined Willis regarding his grand jury testimony and the judge ruled immediately after counsel’s cross-examination of Willis, and before counsel’s recross-examination, that the inconsistent portions of the grand jury testimony could be read to the jury by the prosecutor. Moreover, the defendant did not object on this basis until the following day and he did not seek to recall Willis at any time.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 635 F. Supp. 2d 26 - Clements v. Clarke