Commonwealth v. Boucher’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
53
cited by 53 later decisions
5
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
53 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kansas v. Hendricks · Kansas v. Crane · 27 Cal. 4th 888 - People v. Superior Court (Ghilotti) · Commonwealth v. Gallant · Thomas B. Cross v. David W. Harris
Most-quoted passages
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“While “likely” indicates more than a mere propensity or possibility, it is not bound to the statistical probability inherent in a definition such as “more likely than not,” and the terms are not interchangeable. To conclude that “likely” amounts to a quantifiable probability, absent a more specific statutory expression of such a quantity, is to require mathematical precision from a term that, by its plain meaning, demands contextual, not statistical, analysis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Scott v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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