Commonwealth v. Ray’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Miller v. Alabama · Commonwealth v. Saferian · United States v. Testan
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.
“Pursuant to our holding in Diatchenko, . . . the defendant's life sentence remains in force, but the exception in G. L. c. 265, § 2, rendering him ineligible for parole, no longer applies. The defendant is eligible for parole in accordance with the terms of G. L. c. 127, § 133A.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A judge should grant a continuance only when justice so requires, balancing the requesting party's need for additional time against concerns about inconvenience, cost, potential prejudice, and the burden of the delay on both the parties ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“To impose a condition on entry, 'there must be an articulable risk of witness intimidation or court room disruption'”
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.