Commonwealth v. Chappell’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense · United States v. Yousef · Miller v. Hall · Patterson v. United States · Commonwealth v. Mutina
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“under Massachusetts law, an expert witness is not permitted to testify on direct examination to facts or data that another, nontestifying expert has generated, or to the nontestifying expert's own opinion, even though this information may be an important part of the basis of the testifying expert's opinion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The critical issue with respect to an expert, including in particular a DNA analyst, is whether the defendant is able to cross-examine the expert in a meaningful way regarding possible flaws relating to the underlying data that forms the basis of his or her opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“There is no limit to the number of such renewed orders of commitments as long as the defendant continues to be mentally ill and dangerous; if these conditions do continue, the defendant may remain committed for the duration of his [or her] life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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