Commonwealth v. Gulla’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Saferian · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. McHoul · Commonwealth v. Acevedo · Commonwealth v. Wright
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[r]ather than evaluating an ineffective assistance claim under the traditional standard of Commonwealth v. Saferian , 366 Mass. 89 , 96, 315 N.E.2d 878 (1974), ... we apply the more favorable standard of G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to determine whether there was a substantial * likelihood of a miscarriage of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Under this standard, [w]e consider whether there was an error in the course of the trial (by defense counsel, the prosecutor, or the judge) and, if there was, whether that error was likely to have influenced the jury's conclusion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Voluntary manslaughter is an unlawful killing 'arising not from malice, but "from ... sudden passion induced by reasonable provocation, sudden combat, or excessive force in self-defense”
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.