Commonwealth v. Barbosa’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
29 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Saferian · Commonwealth v. Kozec · L.L., a juvenile v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. McCarthy · Commonwealth v. Mello
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the defendant knowingly participated in the commission of the crime charged”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[1] there [was] an occurrence or event sufficiently startling to render inoperative the normal reflective thought processes of the observer, and [2] the declarant's statement was a spontaneous reaction to the occurrence or event and not the result of reflective thought.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“extensive experience with [the] gangs generally, and with the victim and the defendant specifically, qualified him as an expert and provided direct personal knowledge for the testimony he offered.”
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.