Commonwealth v. Lugo’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration · Commonwealth v. Alphas · Commonwealth v. Daye
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Remarks made during closing arguments are considered in context of the whole argument, the evidence admitted at trial, and the judge's instructions to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[n]one of [the prior inconsistent] statements, considered for their truth as substantive evidence, benefit[ted] the defendant's case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“fair inference[] which can be drawn from the evidence.”
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.