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← 44 MASSAPPCT 452 - Commonwealth v. Rivera

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.

  1. “instances in which a defendant who is not in custody voluntarily absents himself from the proceedings.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “trial should not continue without the presence of the accused”
    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.