Commonwealth v. Lassiter’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Los Angeles v. Department of Transportation · Commonwealth v. Rodriquez · Commonwealth v. Fidler · Commonwealth v. Curtis · Commonwealth v. Acevedo
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clearly inured to the defendant's benefit, giving him a second chance to be acquitted .... No harm flowed thereafter, not least because the defendant was ultimately no worse off than if the error had never occurred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“out of concern for an accurate verdict and fair treatment of the defendant. The judge was correct to place [his] concerns on the record in the presence of all counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Whatever disagreement that a juror may have secretly entertained but did not indicate in open court may not be the basis for reversal.”
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.