Commonwealth v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 38 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “examine jurors fully regarding possible bias or prejudice where it appears that there is a substantial risk that jurors may be influenced by factors extraneous to the evidence presented to them”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Kennedy · Commonwealth v. Williams

2. “any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1122 - Commonwealth v. Souza · 270 F. Supp. 3d 423 - Akara v. Ryan

3. “[W]here, as here, a defendant voluntarily makes post-Miranda statements, and then testifies at trial, in order to expose inconsistencies and differences in testimony, a prosecutor may inquire into [and comment on] 'the omission[s] from a [defendant's] pretrial statement[s] where it would have been natural to include the omitted fact[s].'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Almeida