Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Scott · Commonwealth v. Rivera · Commonwealth v. Perry · 19 Mass. App. Ct. 29 - Commonwealth v. Diaz · 31 Mass. App. Ct. 720 - Commonwealth v. Kickery
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the offense of aggravated rape also may encompass a confinement of the victim that takes place after the rape itself, but during the same criminal episode”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Within the context of the crime of kidnapping, the concept of 'confinement' has been broadly interpreted to mean any restraint of a person's movement,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he critical point is ... whether the rape victim ... was subjected to other felonious conduct ... during the same criminal episode,”
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.