Commonwealth v. Meneus’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 27 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In reviewing a ruling on a motion to suppress evidence, we accept the judge's subsidiary findings of fact absent clear error and leave to the judge the responsibility of determining the weight and credibility to be given ... testimony presented at the motion hearing.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 56 - Commonwealth v. Harris · Commonwealth v. Perez

2. “[t]he gravity of the crime and the present danger of the circumstances may be considered in the reasonable suspicion calculus,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 641 - Commonwealth v. Jones · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 784 - Commonwealth v. Hilaire

3. “review independently the application of constitutional principles to the facts found.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 56 - Commonwealth v. Harris · Commonwealth v. Perez