Commonwealth v. Melton’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Hopkins v. Reeves · Mickens v. Taylor · Commonwealth v. Delaney · Commonwealth v. Olivo
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a valid G. L. c. 209A order was entered by a judge and was in effect on the date of the alleged violation; (2) the defendant violated the order; and (3) the defendant had knowledge of the order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“testified that the defendant had used various weapons against her, such as a knife, stun gun, and belt, and detailed certain incidents of abuse”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“suffered frequent beatings, threats of violence and sexual abuse, and continuous emotional intimidation,”
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.