Commonwealth v. Delong’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “You've also heard evidence of robberies of the Star Market at Chestnut Hull [sic] and Auburndale. Let me explain to you that the defendant is not charged with those robberies. As I said, you’ve heard mention of those other robberies, and you are not — you may not take that as substantive proof that [DeLong] committed those other robberies, nor may you consider it as proof that the defendant has a criminal personality or bad character, but you may consider it solely on the limited issue of identification. You may . not consider this evidence for any other purpose. Specifically, you may use it to conclude that the defendant committed the other robberies. This type of evidence is not admissible to demonstrate the defendant's bad character or propensity to commit the crimes charged. But if not too remote in time, it may be admissible to show motive, opportunity, state of mind, preparation, plan or scheme, pattern of conduct, relationship between a defendant and a victim, knowledge, identification, or absence of mistake or accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 723 F. Supp. 2d 376 - DeLONG v. Brady