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← 476 MASS 186 - Commonwealth v. Martinez

Commonwealth v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
January 2023
most recently cited

17 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Kozec · L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Moffett · Commonwealth v. Wilson · Commonwealth v. Degro

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

  1. “in the context of the entire argument, and in light of the judge's instructions to the jury and the evidence at trial.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “'entitled to present as full a picture as possible of the events surrounding the incident itself,' as long as the probative value of the evidence presented is not substantially outweighed by any prejudice to the defendant.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “The trial judge is in the best position to assess any potential prejudice and, where possible, to tailor an appropriate remedy short of declaring a mistrial.”
    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.