Commonwealth v. Bukin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A determination whether a violation of probation has occurred lies within the discretion of the hearing judge.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Pineiro · Commonwealth v. Desmond

2. “A determination whether a violation of probation has occurred lies within the discretion of the hearing judge. [ 7 ] Commonwealth v. Durling , 407 Mass. 108 , 111-112, 551 N.E.2d 1193 (1990). The Commonwealth must prove a violation of probation by a preponderance of the evidence. Commonwealth v. Nunez , 446 Mass. 54 , 59, 841 N.E.2d 1250 (2006).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 132 - Commonwealth v. Medeiros · Commonwealth v. Desmond

3. “the exclusive province of the hearing judge to assess the weight of the evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Pineiro · 95 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 - Commonwealth v. Nieves