Commonwealth v. Saulnier’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · Commonwealth v. Freeman · Commonwealth v. Alphas · Ciummei v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Young
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The impermissible portion of the officer's testimony was very brief, and the Commonwealth's case was very strong. In our view, it is highly unlikely that the [arresting officer]'s opinion on the ultimate issue was a decisive factor in the judge's finding. 'A trial judge sitting without a jury is presumed, absent contrary indication, to have correctly instructed himself as to the manner in which evidence is to be considered in his role as a factfinder.' "”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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