Commonwealth v. McCulloch’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Rita v. United States · Wellesley College v. Attorney General · Lockhart v. Attorney General · Wolf v. Commissioner of Public Welfare
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in light of the facts as they existed at the time of sentencing .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he trial judge, upon the judge's own motion, or the written motion of a defendant, filed within sixty days after the imposition of a sentence or within sixty days after issuance of a rescript by an appellate court * on direct review, may, upon such terms and conditions as the judge shall order, revise or revoke such sentence if it appears that justice may not have been done.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In considering whether to allow a motion to revise or revoke, 'we have repeatedly and unequivocally held that a judge may not take into account conduct of the defendant that occurs subsequent to the original sentencing.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.