Commonwealth v. King’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 13 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “does not require that a defendant specifically articulate a threat not to speak to the police or other criminal investigator.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fragata · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 - Commonwealth v. Jerez

2. “[i]t is enough that the jury reasonably conclude from the surrounding circumstances that it was likely that the victim would furnish to an official investigating authority information pertaining to the crime and that the defendant intended to discourage such communication.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fragata · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 - Commonwealth v. Jerez

3. “[a] criminal investigation need not have commenced”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Fragata · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1119 - Commonwealth v. Rosario