Commonwealth v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Grace · Commonwealth v. LeFave · Commonwealth v. Moore · Commonwealth v. Cintron · Commonwealth v. Sleeper
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“but whether the evidence probably would have been a 'real factor' in the jury's deliberations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In the absence of a constitutional error, the granting of a motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence rests in the sound discretion of the judge”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“both that the evidence is newly discovered [or newly available] and that it casts real doubt on the justice of the conviction.”
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.