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← 477 MASS 472 - Commonwealth v. Veiovis

Commonwealth v. Veiovis’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
January 2023
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Victor v. Nebraska · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen · Andreas v. United States · Commonwealth v. Flebotte

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

  1. “We give great deference to a trial judge's exercise of discretion in deciding whether to admit a prior bad act, and we will reverse for an abuse of discretion only where the judge made 'a clear error of judgment in weighing the factors ... such that the decision falls outside the range of reasonable * alternatives'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “for a purpose other than character or propensity, such as to establish motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or pattern of operation, the evidence is admissible where its probative value is not outweighed by the risk of unfair prejudice to the defendant.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “was fair argument based on inferences from the evidence in the case”
    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.