Commonwealth v. Moulton’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Babb · Commonwealth v. Pappas · 15 Mass. App. Ct. 281 - Commonwealth v. Perry · Commonwealth v. Marchand · Commonwealth v. Barbuto
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.
“"record the occurrence of automobile law violations upon a citation, filling out the citation and each copy thereof as soon as possible and as completely as possible .... Said police officer shall inform the violator of the violation and shall give a copy of the citation to the violator.... A failure to give a copy of the citation to the violator at the time and place of the violation shall constitute a defense in any court proceeding for such violation, except where the violator could not have been stopped or where additional time was reasonably necessary to determine the nature of the violation or the identity of the violator, or where the court finds that a circumstance, not inconsistent with the purpose of this section to create a uniform, simplified and non-criminal method for disposing of automobile law violations, justifies the failure. In such case the violation shall be recorded upon a citation as soon as possible after such violation ...." 3”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“there was no manipulation or misuse of the citation, and [Gray] notified the defendant as soon as he had completed his interview ... that a citation would be issued.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[G]iven the seriousness of the accident ..., the likelihood of such a citation should have been obvious to the defendant from the time the accident occurred”
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.