Commonwealth v. Proulx’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Grace · Commonwealth v. Randolph · Commonwealth v. Grey · Commonwealth v. Amirault · 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This defense, when viewed in the context of the entire trial, was not sufficient to support a claim that the element of malice was in dispute. Any error in the third prong of malice instruction did not, therefore, create a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A mere possibility of a different outcome will not satisfy [the burden to show there is a substantial risk that the outcome of the trial would have been different]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[e]ven after examining the record in the light most favorable to the defendant, we conclude that identity of the perpetrator was the main issue at trial.”
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.