Commonwealth v. Kindell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the matter that counsel wished to explore [in this case] had already been brought to the attention of the jury in sufficient detail.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Batista · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1109 - Commonwealth v. Imbriano

2. “When the basis for the cross-examination of a witness with respect to bias appears to be tenuous or speculative, the judge may require a party to make a 'plausible showing that the circumstances existed on which the alleged bias is based.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1125 - Commonwealth v. Parrilla

3. “If the defendant demonstrates that 'there is a possibility of bias, even a remote one, the judge has no discretion to bar all inquiry into the subject.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1125 - Commonwealth v. Parrilla