Commonwealth v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer · Bell v. Wolfish · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Any person authorized to take bail for such violation may impose conditions on a person's release in order to ensure the appearance of the person before the court and the safety of the alleged victim, any other individual or the community; provided, however, that the person authorized to take bail shall, prior to admitting the person to bail, modifying an existing order of bail or imposing such conditions, have immediate access to all pending and prior criminal offender record information, board of probation records and police and incident reports related to the person detained, upon oral, telephonic, facsimile or electronic mail request, to the extent practicable, and shall take into consideration the following: the nature and circumstances of the offense charged, the potential penalty the person faces, the person's family ties, the person's financial resources and financial ability to give bail, employment record and history of mental illness, the person's reputation, the risk that the person will obstruct or attempt to obstruct justice or threaten, injure or intimidate or attempt to threaten, injure or intimidate a prospective witness or juror, the person's record of convictions, if any, any illegal drug distribution or present drug dependency, whether the person is on bail pending adjudication of a prior charge, whether the acts alleged involve abuse, as defined in [G. L. c. 209A, § 1 ], a violation of a temporary or permanent order issued pursuant to [G. L. c. 208, § 18”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he right to be free from confinement prior to trial is a protected liberty interest,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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