Commonwealth v. McGhee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 state decisions

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

1. “"Whoever knowingly: (i) subjects, or attempts to subject, or recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains by any means ... another person to engage in commercial sexual activity ... or causes a person to engage in commercial sexual activity ... or (ii) benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, as a result of a violation of clause (i), shall be guilty of the crime of trafficking of persons for sexual servitude...." 10”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Dabney · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 - Commonwealth v. Hernandez

2. “clear and deliberate focus ... is the intent of the perpetrator, not the means used by the perpetrator to accomplish his or her intent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Dabney · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 - Commonwealth v. Hernandez

3. “conveys [a] sufficiently definite warning as to the proscribed conduct when measured by common understanding and practices”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1124 - Commonwealth v. Hernandez · Commonwealth v. Brown