Commonwealth v. Barbosa’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2012
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Mullica West, Ltd. v. United States · Commonwealth v. Brzezinski · Commonwealth v. Vasquez
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The ballistics certificate was not emphasized by the Commonwealth. In closing argument, defense counsel pointed out that the jury were not required to believe or accept the certificate. The Commonwealth did not refer to the certificate in its closing argument. The judge did instruct the jury that the certificate was prima facie evidence to be considered with all the evidence.””
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.