Commonwealth v. Castillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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. “A finding is clearly erroneous when 'although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1129 - Commonwealth v. Rafe R. · 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Nunes-Daveiga

2. “In reviewing a ruling on a motion to suppress, we accept the judge's subsidiary findings of fact absent clear error 'but conduct an independent review of [the judge's] ultimate findings and conclusions of law.' " Commonwealth v. Hernandez , 473 Mass. 379 , 382-383 (2015), quoting Commonwealth v. Craan , 469 Mass. 24 , 26 (2014). "We take the facts from the judge's findings following a hearing on the motion to suppress, adding those that are not in dispute, and eliminating those that, from our reading of the transcript, are clearly erroneous.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1115 - Commonwealth v. Nunes-Daveiga