84 Mass. App. Ct. 136 - Commonwealth v. Marte’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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. “a presumptively positive field test, with proper foundation, may be of persuasive weight”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1130 - Commonwealth v. White · 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 - Commonwealth v. Harris

2. “includes the experience of the officer(s) conducting the test, the methodology of the testing, and definitive identification of the substance, i.e., as cocaine, heroin, or another controlled substance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 774 - Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

3. “that issue is not present in this appeal, there having been no Lanigan challenge raised below.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 774 - Commonwealth v. Rodriguez