Commonwealth v. Ware’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 2023
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Borman v. Borman · Commonwealth v. Stewart · Commonwealth v. Tucceri · Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Operation Rescue · Brum v. Town of Dartmouth
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well established that the Commonwealth has a duty to learn of and disclose to a defendant any exculpatory evidence that is 'held by agents of the prosecution team.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“imperative that the Commonwealth thoroughly investigate the timing and scope of Farak's misconduct at the Amherst drug lab in order to remove the cloud that has been cast over the integrity of the work performed at that facility, which has serious implications for the entire criminal justice system.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The purpose of postconviction discovery is to allow a defendant to gather evidence to support an apparently meritorious claim ... [where] the evidence that can be adduced to support the claim is unknown to the court”
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.