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← 480 Mass. 665 - Commonwealth v. Bin

Commonwealth v. Bin’s Empirical Analysis

2018

Citation profile

10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

10 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Dickerson · Commonwealth v. Zanetti

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

  1. “Even where evidence may be relevant and otherwise admissible, a trial judge has discretion to exclude it if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the risk of confusion”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “knowingly participated in the commission of the crime charged, alone or with others, with the intent required for the offense.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
    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.