Commonwealth v. Pelletier’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
2 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Koney · Commonwealth v. Gordon · Commonwealth v. Foster · Commonwealth v. Fernandes · Commonwealth v. Quinones
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to be tried ... first, on the underlying substantive crime and, then, in a separate proceeding, on that component of the charge referring to the crime as a second or subsequent offense”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Ruiz“[t]he defendant's sentence on the underlying charge in the complaint is ... 'inextricably bound' with the plea judge's treatment of the subsequent offense portion of the complaint”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Ruiz“concerns only the punishment to be imposed if a defendant is convicted of the underlying crime and the prior offenses are proved,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Ruiz
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.