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← 468 MASS 294 - Commonwealth v. Cole

Commonwealth v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis

2014

Citation profile

20
cited by 20 later decisions
2
states following
January 2019
most recently cited

20 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3583

Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Morrissey v. Brewer · Mistretta v. United States · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · United States v. DiFrancesco

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

  1. “[The granting of parole] is a function of the executive branch of government with which, if otherwise constitutionally exercised, the judiciary may not interfere”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “A sentencing judge has great discretion within the statutorily prescribed range 'to fashion an appropriate[,] individualized sentence.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “The granting of parole, or conditional release from confinement, is a discretionary act of the parole board”
    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.