Commonwealth v. Sanchez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We typically review the grant or denial of a motion for a new trial under the abuse of discretion or other error of law standard.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 - Commonwealth v. Resto · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Murray

2. “any words or actions on the part of the police (other than those normally attendant to arrest and custody) that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response from the suspect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 156 - Commonwealth v. Quinones

3. “our common law of evidence requires that the defendant have a meaningful opportunity to cross-examine the expert about her opinion and the reliability of the facts or data that underlie her opinion”

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