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← 438 MASS 343 - Commonwealth v. Eugene

Commonwealth v. Eugene’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited

23 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Cunneen · Commonwealth v. Martino · Commonwealth v. Gil · Commonwealth v. Watson · Commonwealth v. Garrey

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “(1) on the same subject as the admitted statement; (2) part of the same conversation as the admitted statement; and (3) necessary to the understanding of the admitted statement.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “to demonstrate the existence of a hostile relationship, as the relationship may be relevant to the defendant's motive to kill”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “serve to clarify the context of the admitted portion.”
    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.