Commonwealth v. Hernandez’s Empirical Analysis
2019
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Agurs · Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co. · Commonwealth v. Grace · Commonwealth v. Bowden
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We only disturb the denial of a motion for a new trial where there has been a 'significant error of law or other abuse of discretion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there is a substantial risk that the jury would have reached a different conclusion had the evidence been admitted at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“discretion to limit repetitive questions”
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.