Commonwealth v. Figueroa’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a properly monitored controlled purchase of illegal drugs provides sufficient corroborating evidence to overcome any shortfalls in meeting the constitutional reliability requirements imposed on confidential informants.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 478 - Commonwealth v. Monteiro · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Cintron

2. “ordinarily would not meet the veracity requirements imposed by art. 14”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 478 - Commonwealth v. Monteiro