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Commonwealth v. Husband’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Dutil · Commonwealth v. Boucher · Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board · Commonwealth v. Lamb

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. “whether, after viewing the evidence (and all permissible inferences) in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, any rational trier of fact could have found, beyond a reasonable doubt, the essential elements of sexual dangerousness, as defined by G. L. c. 123A, § 1.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Of particular importance in cases of appeal from the adjudication of SDP status is the canon that we defer to findings resting upon expert testimony.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “[h]is reported conduct toward prison female medical personnel included sexual epithets, insults, taunts, threats, exposure, and masturbation”
    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.