Doyle v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vinson v. Kelly · Commonwealth v. Moffett · Commonwealth v. Deeran · Ventresco v. Commonwealth · Votta v. Commonwealth
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“general superintendence power under G.L. c. 211, § 3, is extraordinary and to be exercised sparingly, not as a substitute for the normal appellate process or merely to provide an additional layer of appellate review after the normal process has run its course.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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