Commonwealth v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
November 2012
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Clermy · Commonwealth v. Ellis · 19 Mass. App. Ct. 424 - Commonwealth v. LaPerle · Commonwealth v. Hilton
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“instances in which a defendant who is not in custody voluntarily absents himself from the proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Garza“trial should not continue without the presence of the accused”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Garza
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.