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← 86 Mass. App. Ct. 118 - Commonwealth v. Murphy

86 Mass. App. Ct. 118 - Commonwealth v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

2014

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood · Commonwealth v. Latimore · New Jersey Department of Corrections v. Nash · Stenberg v. Carhart

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

  1. “A motion for new trial is the recognized route for raising postverdict claims because it permits a clarified record to serve as a basis for the judge's decision and for appellate review”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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