Commonwealth v. Dyer’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
4
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Waller v. Georgia · Massa v. United States · Presley v. Georgia · Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation · Commonwealth v. Wright
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an unexpected happening that occurs without intention or design on the part of the defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“extra level of review under G. L. c. 278, § 33E”
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.