Commonwealth v. Fallon’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Durling · Blake v. Massachusetts Parole Board · Commonwealth v. Holmgren · Hotchkiss v. State Racing Commission · Commonwealth v. Milton
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.
““The convictions establish, as matter of record, based on the higher, beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof, see Commonwealth v. Holmgren, 421 Mass. [224,] 225-227 [1995], that the defendant, while on probation, violated the conditions of his freedom by committing new criminal offenses. That fact submerges any residual negative consequences of the probation revocation, so that questions concerning the validity of the revocation are now purely academic.””
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.