Commonwealth v. MacDonald’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Virginia · A.L. v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Power · Answer of the Justices to the House of Representatives · Commonwealth v. Christian
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“stay away” order is satisfied so long as there is no physical proximity between the probationer and the protected person, but a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The enforceability of probation is derived not from the agreement of the defendant, but from the force of the judge's order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Commonwealth v. Riz
How this case has been treated — in progress
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