Commonwealth v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 26 state decisions

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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If complaint is made to any such court or justice that a person has threatened to commit a crime against the person or property of another, such court or justice shall .examine the complainant and any witnesses who may be produced, on oath, reduce the complaint to writing and cause it to be subscribed by the complainant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Manchester v. City of Amesbury

2. “[A] threat may be communicated to an intended target by way of a third-party intermediary, but only where it is shown that the defendant intended the threat to reach the target.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1106 - Commonwealth v. Bowen

3. “In the circumstances, we conclude that the improper testimony would not have materially influenced the verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. COMMONWEALTH v. MAURICE JOHNSON.