Commonwealth v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 6 district · 74 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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a reasonable probability that he would not have pleaded guilty had he known of Dookhan's misconduct.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 - Commonwealth v. Almonte · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1121 - Commonwealth v. Williams

2. “a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion,”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1105 - Commonwealth v. Sergio · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1121 - Commonwealth v. Williams

3. “it appears that justice may not have been done.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Jackson · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 - Commonwealth v. Mercado