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← 84 MASSAPPCT 735 - Commonwealth v. Almonte

Commonwealth v. Almonte’s Empirical Analysis

2014

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1342

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Teague v. Lane · Padilla v. Kentucky · Danforth v. Minnesota · 133 S. Ct. 1103 - Chaidez v. United States

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

  1. “The policy favoring the finality of just convictions imposes a rigorous standard upon the discretionary allowance of motions under rule 30(b),”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Commonwealth v. Grace , 397 Mass. 303 , 307 (1986).”
    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.