Commonwealth v. Barboza’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 6 state decisions

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

1. “importance of the rights lost to the defendant”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Ross · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1111 - Commonwealth v. Phillips

2. “neither the appellate court nor a single justice may enlarge the time for filing a notice of appeal beyond one year ... from the date of the verdict or finding of guilt or the date of imposition of sentence, whichever date is later.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1112 - Commonwealth v. Clemens

3. “with the clerk of the lower court within thirty days after entry of the judgment or order appealed from ... or the imposition of sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Ross