Commonwealth v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “-- a statute in derogation of liberty --”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 701 - Commonwealth v. Ballard · Commonwealth v. Gardner

2. “the Supreme Judicial Court has held that the definition of 'prisoner' contained in G. L. c. 125, § 1 ( m ), ... is not to be used for G. L. c. 123A, § 12 [ b ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Gardner

3. “the day after the defendant's motion to correct the sentence had been allowed, and almost three weeks after his sentence had ended.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 701 - Commonwealth v. Ballard