Commonwealth v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
2
states following
September 2019
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Darden v. Wainwright · McGinnis v. Hadix · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Raymond · Commonwealth v. Santiago
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining prejudice, we consider (1) whether the defendant seasonably objected; (2) the judge's instructions; (3) the centrality of the error; (4) the jury's ability to recognize hyperbole; and (5) the strength of the Commonwealth's case.”
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.