Commonwealth v. Ortiz’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co. · Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration · Commonwealth v. Saferian · McGinnis v. Hadix
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[g]enerally the mere failure to impeach a witness does not prejudice the defendant or constitute ineffective assistance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[C]ounsel was not ineffective in not filing a futile motion to dismiss the indictments.”
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.