Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Randolph · Commonwealth v. Cunneen · Commonwealth v. Amirault · Commonwealth v. Ciampa
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice standard that is associated with plenary review under G. L. c. 278, § 33E . . . is more forgiving to a defendant than the substantial risk standard applicable in other criminal cases”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“whether it is to permit or prohibit an appeal, is final and unreviewable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.