Commonwealth v. George’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “sure that the error did not influence the jury, or had but very slight effect.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. COMMONWEALTH v. GEORGE MACKIE. · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 - In re Maloney

2. “[t]he expert testimony regarding the defendant's Static-99R risk category was appropriately limited; it was presented as only one of many factors in the SDP calculus.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 - In re Maloney

3. “the defendant's family history, educational and work background, incarceration records, treatment history, and release plans”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 - Commonwealth v. Curlew