Commonwealth v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 15 Mass. App. Ct. 437 - Commonwealth v. Peruzzi · United States v. Grubbs · Commonwealth v. King · Commonwealth v. Dwyer
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.
“one-week separation between the . . . conversations prevents the characterization of them as a single 'tightly intertwined' complaint”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We review a judge's decision to admit first complaint evidence for abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“exploit such discrepancies during both cross-examination and closing argument,”
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.