Commonwealth v. Muller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 6 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. “Here, the defendant is entitled to the benefit of Lawson , as that case was released while the defendant's appeal was pending on direct review.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Odgren · Commonwealth v. Waweru

2. “Ground One : the errors in the jury instructions noted by the SJC violated his right to Due Process by trivializing the burden of proof necessary for a conviction Ground Two : the criminal responsibility and voluntary intoxication instructions were erroneous and consequently violated his right to due process Ground Three : the prosecutor "improperly demeaned the defense of lack of criminal responsibility" which "affected the impartiality of the jury." Ground Four : the state's judicial system failed to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities in the adjudication of mentally disabled persons.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 F. Supp. 3d 121 - Muller v. Goguen

3. “shot her. Officers then discovered Bash and Johnston. Bash was found on the bed; he was dead from two gunshot wounds to his head. Johnston was found near the end of the bed, and she appeared to be alive. She later died at a hospital of a gunshot wound to her head. Right before the shootings, the defendant and Letang had been at the home of a friend of the defendant, who lived in Webster; a woman and a man were also there. Both the woman and the defendant had been smoking”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 F. Supp. 3d 121 - Muller v. Goguen