Commonwealth v. Boria’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2101
Relies on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · Smith v. Murray · Commonwealth v. Saferian · Walker v. FRESNO POLICE DEPT. · Commonwealth v. Verde
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“chance that an issue may be decided to the defendant's advantage, constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel,”
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.