Commonwealth v. Sykes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 56 - Commonwealth v. Harris · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Mason

2. “). Accordingly, we conclude that the judge properly denied the motion to suppress the firearm. We discern no error. Order denying motion to suppress affirmed . At the request of the Commonwealth, the judge dismissed charges of carrying a firearm without a license, and possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card. We agree with the defendant that the judge erred in finding the shooting was”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 742 - Commonwealth v. Ramirez

3. “The facts and inferences underlying the officer's suspicion must be viewed as a whole when assessing the reasonableness of his acts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1125 - Commonwealth v. Williams