Commonwealth v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Morey v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Jones · Commonwealth v. Vick · Commonwealth v. Porro
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“enough evidence that could have satisfied a rational trier of fact of each ... element beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“As long as each offense requires proof of an additional element that the other does not, 'neither crime is a lesser-included offense of the other, and convictions on both are deemed to have been authorized by the Legislature and hence not [duplicative].' " Commonwealth v. Vick , 454 Mass. 418 , 431, 910 N.E.2d 339 (2009), quoting Commonwealth v. Jones , 382 Mass. 387 , 393, 416 N.E.2d 502 (1981). In this analysis, "[t]he actual criminal acts alleged are wholly irrelevant to the application of [the rule]; rather, the elements of the crimes charged are considered objectively, abstracted from the facts....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“may properly be punished for two crimes arising out of the same course of conduct.”
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.