Commonwealth v. Poissant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The court shall order the petitioner to be examined by two qualified examiners, who shall conduct examinations, including personal interviews, of the person on whose behalf such petition is filed .... If such person refuses, without good cause, to be personally interviewed by a qualified examiner appointed pursuant to this section, ... the petition shall be dismissed upon motion filed by the commonwealth.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Felt

2. ““To the extent the parties use the words ‘interview’ and ‘examination’ interchangeably in their briefs, we note that G. L. c. 123A, §§ 13 and 14, refer only to examinations, not interviews. For the purposes of this opinion, there is no meaningful distinction between the terms.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Connors

3. “qualified examiners shall have access to all records of the person being examined”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Chapman