Commonwealth v. Berrios’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A plea is voluntary if entered without coercion, duress, or improper inducements.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 - Commonwealth v. Menezes · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Catuto

2. “the stress inherent in entering guilty pleas, such as the concern of possibly receiving a harsher sentence if a defendant is tried and found guilty, and pressure from family members and from counsel, do not necessarily render pleas involuntary”

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

3. “[A] guilty plea is void if it is involuntary and unintelligent for any reason”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 701 - Commonwealth v. Ballard