Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because we find no error, we need not address the Commonwealth's contention that our decision in Commonwealth v. Moffett , 383 Mass. 201 , 208, 216-217, 418 N.E.2d 585 (1981), was not intended to permit 'hybrid representation,' and that we should not consider these claims of error.”

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

2. “special care must be taken to assess the voluntariness of a defendant's statement where there is evidence that he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”

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

3. “the defendant's physical and mental condition, the defendant's conduct, and the details of the interrogation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Nunes-Daveiga