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← 66 MASSAPPCT 34 - Commonwealth v. Castillo

Commonwealth v. Castillo’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Zagrodny · Commonwealth v. Lewis · Commonwealth v. Stevens · 55 Mass. App. Ct. 440 - Commonwealth v. Brown · 20 Mass. App. Ct. 130 - Commonwealth v. Hill

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

  1. “A trial based on stipulated evidence is not 'a trial constitutionally capable of supporting a conviction,' ... unless it appears on the record that there is an inquiry whether the defendant understands the significance of such a trial as opposed to a customary trial”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “There is nothing in this record that demonstrates that the defendant was aware of the significance of a trial based on stipulated evidence or that he was aware of any constitutional rights he was waiving”
    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.