Commonwealth v. Rodriquez’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · DiCarlantonio v. United States · Commonwealth v. Cunneen · Commonwealth v. Harrington · Commonwealth v. Walden
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f no unfair advantage is taken in the outset, and the occasion is not sought for the purpose of gratifying malice, and one seizes a weapon and strikes a deadly blow, it is regarded as homicide in heat of blood.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Self-defense is generally not available to a defendant who provokes or initiates an attack, such as the defendant did here”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Manslaughter is a common-law crime that has not been codified by statute in Massachusetts.”
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.