Commonwealth v. Roderiques’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[S]uch wanton or reckless behavior occurs when a person is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that his acts, or omissions where there is a duty to act, would result in serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard of the risk constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Coggeshall · 83 Mass. App. Ct. 251 - Commonwealth v. Figueroa

2. ““Whoever wantonly or recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child or wantonly or recklessly fails to take reasonable steps to alleviate such risk where there is a duty to act shall be punished . . . .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Coggeshall · Commonwealth v. LaBrie

3. “decision to admit expert testimony is subject to review only for abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 - Commonwealth v. Brunet · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1120 - Commonwealth v. Brown