9 Mass. App. Ct. 771 - Commonwealth v. Powers’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
February 2016
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Freeman · Commonwealth v. Madeiros · Commonwealth v. Boyd · Commonwealth v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Therrien
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““generally — absent a request by the defendant or other special circumstances — any reference to the privilege against self-incrimination should be omitted from the charge. It seems preferable to us that the defendant’s right not to testify be put in terms of ‘ the right to remain passive, and to insist that the Commonwealth prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt without explanation or denial by him. ’ Commonwealth v. Madeiros, 255 Mass. [304] at 307 [1926].” 9 Mass. App. Ct. at 774 .”
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.