Commonwealth v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(1) Prohibited Testimony or Other Evidence. During an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify about any statement made or incident that occurred during the jury's deliberations, the effect of anything on that juror's or another juror's vote, or any juror's mental processes concerning the verdict or indictment. The court may not receive a juror's affidavit or evidence of a juror's statement on these matters. "(2) Exceptions. A juror may testify about whether (A) extraneous prejudicial information was improperly brought to the jury's attention or (B) an outside influence was improperly brought to bear on any juror."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 682 - Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto

2. “generally apply to cases that are pending, are on direct appeal, or for which the appeal period has not run”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1120 - Commonwealth v. Fleurancin

3. “if the case was on appeal as of that date.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Brown