Commonwealth v. Goitia’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Tucceri · Commonwealth v. Crayton · Commonwealth v. Ciampa · Commonwealth v. Ellison
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the judge overruled the defendant's objection, we consider whether the prosecutor's comments were improper and, if they were, whether the error was prejudicial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“To be sure, 'prosecutors are held to a stricter standard than are errant defense counsel and their clients.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“likely to have influenced the jury's conclusion”
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.