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← 63 MASSAPPCT 204 - Commonwealth v. Lugo

Commonwealth v. Lugo’s Empirical Analysis

2005

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Rhoades · Commonwealth v. Cooper · Commonwealth v. Cordle · Commonwealth v. Coleman

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

  1. “the trial judge should instruct the jury that the witness's interpretation is not dispositive of the matter.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 - Commonwealth v. Mark
  2. “there was ample evidence presented of motive, exclusive opportunity, and of a fire intentionally set”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1120 - Commonwealth v. Brown
  3. “Discussion . 1. Sufficiency of the evidence .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 - Commonwealth v. Mark

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.