Commonwealth v. Millien’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “likely deprived the defendant of an otherwise available, substantial ground of defence.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Spring · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 793 - Commonwealth v. Bowen

2. “a serious doubt whether the jury verdict would have been the same had the defense been presented.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Spring · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 - Commonwealth v. Sullivan

3. “a significant error of law or other abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1131 - Commonwealth v. Browne · Commonwealth v. Simon