Commonwealth v. Delacruz’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 2016
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Saferian · Prado Oil & Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · Commonwealth v. Satterfield · Barnett v. United States · Commonwealth v. Curtis
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]he better practice would be for counsel, prior to the beginning of closing arguments, to make a proffer to the judge of what parts of the transcript he or she intends to read and for what purpose. This protocol would allow opposing counsel to be heard on the request, and permit the judge to place appropriate limitations on out-of-context readings of what purports to be an official version of what was said. The judge can then evaluate counsel’s proffer and determine the likelihood of prejudice.””
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.