Robinson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[C]riminal defendants shall have the right to be present 'at all critical stages' of court proceedings”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fontanez · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 - Commonwealth v. Zinser

2. “The defendant's waiver of the right to be present at the hearing, however, does not imply waiver of other constitutional rights, including the right to the suppression hearing itself and the right to effective assistance of counsel at that hearing”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 784 - Commonwealth v. Hilaire

3. “because the suppression hearing in this case would have required the taking of evidence and also involved the admissibility of substantial evidence that could determine the outcome of the case, the defendant was entitled ... to be present”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Michael Grace