Commonwealth v. Grant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 district · 16 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““knowingly prevents or attempts to prevent a police officer, acting under color of his official authority, from effecting an arrest of the actor or another, by: (1) using or threatening to use physical force or violence against the police officer or another; or (2) using any other means which creates a substantial risk of causing bodily injury to such police officer or another.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Navarro · 73 Mass. App. Ct. 125 - Commonwealth v. Montoya

2. “The standard for determining whether a defendant understood that he was being arrested is objective -- whether a reasonable person in the defendant's circumstances would have so understood.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Navarro · Commonwealth v. Diaz

3. “There is uncertainty in the case law and commentary regarding the circumstances in which flight on foot may constitute resisting arrest.”). One could argue that, in at least some cases, a defendant's flight from arrest is neither aggressive nor violent. This, however, fails to alter our conclusion. In determining whether an offense will categorically qualify as a crime of violence, the focus must be on the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Almenas