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Commonwealth v. Lavrinenko’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

cited by 33 later decisions

states following

May 2022

most recently cited

33 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1157 (§ 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1159 (§ 209 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Hill v. Lockhart · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Padilla v. Kentucky

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

“the defendant bears the burden of showing that his attorney's performance fell 'measurably below that which might be expected from an ordinary fallible lawyer,' and that he suffered prejudice because of his attorney's unprofessional errors.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Mohammed · COMMONWEALTH v. MURTADHA AL KENANI.
“At a minimum, this means that the defendant must aver that to be the case.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
e.g. Commonwealth v. Lys · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Mohammed
“only to determine whether there has been a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Commonwealth v. Lys · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1114 - Commonwealth v. Thompson

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.