Commonwealth v. Jansen’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · United States v. Bailey · Commonwealth v. Zanetti · Commonwealth v. Dwyer · Commonwealth v. Cooper
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The evidence may be primarily or entirely circumstantial, provided that, when viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, it 'and the inferences permitted to be drawn therefrom [are] of sufficient force to bring minds of ordinary intelligence and sagacity to the persuasion of [guilt] beyond a reasonable doubt.' " Commonwealth v. Jansen , 459 Mass. 21 , 27 (2011), quoting from Latimore , supra at 677 . An inference "need only be reasonable and possible and need not be necessary or inescapable.”
2 later decisions 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.