Commonwealth v. Semedo’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crawford v. Washington · Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · United States v. Bailey · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Soares
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]e consider the state of the evidence at the close of the Commonwealth's case to determine whether the defendant's motion should have been granted at that time. We also consider the state of the evidence at the close of all the evidence, to determine whether the Commonwealth's position as to proof deteriorated after it closed its case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A joint venturer is 'one who aids, commands, counsels, or encourages commission of a crime while sharing with the principal the mental state required for the crime.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gomes v. Silva
How this case has been treated — in progress
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