Commonwealth v. Berrios’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Satterfield · Commonwealth v. King · Commonwealth v. St. Pierre · Commonwealth v. Zinser · Commonwealth v. Gunter
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f there is any possibility that the jury's verdicts here were premised on a single act, reversal as to the lesser offense . . . would be required”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“where the judge instructs the jury explicitly that they must find separate and distinct acts underlying the different charges.”
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.