Commonwealth v. Woods’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “[J]ust as the Commonwealth was under no obligation to warn the defendant of his target status, even if he were a target, so too was the Commonwealth under no obligation at that time to advise the defendant of his right against self- incrimination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Medeiros

2. “this court's decision in Woods I upholding the admission of the defendant's grand jury testimony did not depend on the factual finding that the defendant was not a target of the investigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Medeiros

3. “[Woods]'s separate argument that the Commonwealth must advise targets or potential targets of the grand jury's investigation of their right not to incriminate themselves.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Medeiros