Commonwealth v. Fragata’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the prosecutor could have argued that the defendant attempted or caused physical injury to the victim or intimidated her to prevent her from contacting the police, i.e., with the intent to interfere with a criminal investigation”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 389 - G.B. v. C.A.

2. “[T]o convict a defendant of witness intimidation ... the Commonwealth must prove that ... a possible criminal violation occurred that would trigger a criminal investigation or proceeding ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 1 - Commonwealth v. Garcia

3. “[T]he statute's reference to a ' potential witness at any stage of a criminal investigation' indicates that the investigation need not have already begun when the intimidation occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 1 - Commonwealth v. Garcia