Commonwealth v. DePina’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bruton v. United States · United States v. Owens · Commonwealth v. Bowden · Commonwealth v. Grandison · Commonwealth v. Daye
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prosecutor's opening statement may reference anything that he or she reasonably believes in good faith will be proved by evidence introduced during the course of the trial ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An error is prejudicial if we cannot find with fair assurance that it did not substantially sway[ ] the verdict”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We have cautioned ... against the use of adoptive admissions by silence ...”
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.