Commonwealth v. Berthold’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 state decisions

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

1. “"Although the immigration warning that the judge gave did not cover all of the immigration consequences enumerated in § 29D, we do not construe the statute to impose the extraordinary remedy that it provides in circumstances where the inadequacy complained of is immaterial to the harm for which the remedy is sought. A defendant who has been warned under the statute of the very consequence with which he must subsequently contend is not entitled to withdraw his plea, even if he was not warned of other enumerated consequences that have not materialized." (Emphasis added; citation omitted.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Petit-Homme · State v. YOS-CHIGUIL

2. “[a] defendant who has been warned under the statute of the very consequence with which he must subsequently contend is not entitled to withdraw his plea, even if he was not warned of other enumerated consequences that have not materialized.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. YOS-CHIGUIL

3. “[T]his conviction could affect your status as a resident alien. You could be deported or if you applied for citizenship, it could affect that application.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Petit-Homme