Commonwealth v. Denehy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A failure to object to a continuance or other delay constitutes acquiescence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Graham · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1110 - Commonwealth v. Abernathy

2. “behavior of counsel [fell] measurably below that which might be expected from an ordinary fallible lawyer,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1110 - Commonwealth v. Abernathy · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 - Commonwealth v. Delgallo

3. “In interpreting a rule of criminal procedure, we turn first to the rule's plain language.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 73 - Commonwealth v. Moore · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 764 - Commonwealth v. Polanco