Commonwealth v. Caruso’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Grace · Commercial Union Insurance v. Boston Edison Co. · Commonwealth v. Weichell · Commonwealth v. Lykus · Commonwealth v. Woods
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 trial judge] is in the best position ... to determine [the new evidence's] probable impact on a jury hearing it with all the other evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“have been unknown to the defendant or his counsel and not reasonably discoverable by them at the time of trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A defendant seeking a new trial based on 'newly discovered evidence' faces formidable burdens.”
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.