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← 85 MASSAPPCT 24 - Commonwealth v. Caruso

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.

  1. “[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
  2. “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
  3. “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.