Commonwealth v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
2 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Kelley · Commonwealth v. Kelley · Commonwealth v. Mandile · Commonwealth v. Croft
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In reviewing the denial of a required finding of not guilty, we review the evidence introduced up to the time the Commonwealth rested its case to determine whether the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, was sufficient for a reasonable jury to infer the existence of each essential element of the crime charged, beyond a reasonable doubt.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“left to a jury's conjecture, surmise, or guesswork.”
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.