74 Mass. App. Ct. 49 - Commonwealth v. Oliveira’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dwyer v. Globe Newspaper Co. · Commonwealth v. Freeman · Commonwealth v. Randolph · Commonwealth v. Young · Commonwealth v. Raymond
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because there was no objection to the prosecutor's opening statement, we review the defendant's claim only to ascertain whether any error created a substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the lack of an objection by defense counsel is further indication that the remark[s were] not unfairly prejudicial in tone, manner, or substance”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“There was no error and, thus, no risk that justice miscarried.”
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.