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← 473 MASS 693 - Commonwealth v. Lally

Commonwealth v. Lally’s Empirical Analysis

2016

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
November 2020
most recently cited

18 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Saferian · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Satterfield · Commonwealth v. Helfant · Commonwealth v. Curnin

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

  1. “to determine whether there has been a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion, ... and whether any such error creates a substantial likelihood of a miscarriage of justice.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “common scheme, pattern of operation, absence of accident or mistake, identity, intent, or motive.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “might have accomplished something material for the defense.”
    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.