Commonwealth v. Reese’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently July 2021 · most notably Commonwealth v. Knapp (2004), Commonwealth v. Dube (2003)
25 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Myers v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Bruno · Commonwealth v. Sneed · Commonwealth v. Markvart · Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he decision-making process ought to consist of a two-part inquiry, one quantitative and the other qualitative. “The judge must be satisfied, first, that the Commonwealth’s admissible evidence, if believed, satisfie[s] all of the elements of proof neces sary to prove the Commonwealth’s case. Second, she must be satisfied that the evidence on each of the elements is not so incredible, insubstantial, or otherwise of such a quality that no reasonable person could rely on it to conclude that the Commonwealth had met its burden of proof.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“). 4 In particular, the Commonwealth cites Massachusetts case law as precedent for its argument in the case at bar. However, the probable cause proceeding under Massachusetts law has fundamental differences from a SVPA proceeding in Virginia. Like Virginia, a SVP proceeding in Massachusetts is begun by petition and a judge is required to hold a hearing to”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Com. v. Jackson“previous juvenile and adult offenses, previous psychiatric and psychological examinations and such other information as may be pertinent or helpful to the examiners in making the diagnosis and recommendation”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In re Chapman
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.