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← 79 MASSAPPCT 903 - Commonwealth v. Johnson

Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Irving v. Goodimate Co. · Commonwealth v. Pavao · Finnegan v. Lucy · Commonwealth v. Osborne

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

  1. “Indeed, our case law has established a 'bright-line' rule under which a defendant's jury waiver is only effective when a signed written waiver is filed with the court.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[T]he requirement of a signed, written jury waiver is an important protection provided by the Legislature for the benefit of a criminal defendant.”
    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.