Commonwealth v. Mendez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. McCray · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 - Commonwealth v. Tyrone

2. “[P]olice knowledge that a criminal history includes weapons-related charges can add to reasonable suspicion”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 - Commonwealth v. Stephen

3. “determines that joinder is not in the best interests of justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1117 - Commmonwealth v. Fernandes