Commonwealth v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3142 (Bail Reform Act of 1984)
Relies on Hanlon v. Rollins · Commonwealth v. Jackson · Ralston v. Robinson · Miller v. Cotter · Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any other felony that, by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person of another may result”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The commonwealth may move, based on dangerousness, for an order of pretrial detention or release on conditions for . . . arrested and charged with . . . a third or subsequent conviction for a violation of [G. L. c. 90, § 24].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a felony offense that has as an element of the offense the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against the person of another”
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.