Commonwealth v. Morse’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 state decisions

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

1. “whether the record discloses sufficient reliable evidence to warrant the findings by the judge that [the defendant] had violated the specified conditions of his probation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Desmond · Commonwealth v. Barca

2. “Although a separate written statement of the evidence relied on and the reasons for revocation is one of the probationer's due process rights in such proceedings, it is not an inflexible or invariably mandatory requirement and can be satisfied in other ways.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 724 - Commonwealth v. Bain

3. “neither [the defendant] nor his counsel moved for a continuance, much less made an offer of proof or even a statement regarding what they would do or what evidence they would present if they received more time to prepare.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Desmond