Commonwealth v. Santos’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2022
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 15 Mass. App. Ct. 437 - Commonwealth v. Peruzzi · Commonwealth v. Drew · Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski · Commonwealth v. Conkey
Most-quoted passages
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“which turned entirely on witness credibility . . . may have had a substantial impact on the jury's assessment of witnesses critical to the defense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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