Commonwealth v. McDonagh’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2022
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McKay v. Jobin · Anchors v. United States · State v. Williams · Morse v. Republican Party · McGinnis v. Hadix
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“At least as important as protecting the record, a timely and precise objection provides the judge with an opportunity to consider the argument presented in order to make a reasoned decision”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Ware“An objection adequately preserves the claimed error so long as counsel makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take or his objection to the action of the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Pina“defendant's out-of-county sexual assaults against [victim] to show his pattern of conduct towards [victim]”
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.