Commonwealth v. Antone’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “all the requisite supplies, tools, and instruments specific to cooking, processing, and packaging cocaine for distribution; the defendant pointed out the 'drugs' to the police; and an experienced detective, based on his training and experience, was potentially available to testify”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 - Commonwealth v. Golding

2. “performed at least two tests that indicated the substances were consistent with cocaine and that her role in testing and storing the substances was entirely independent of the testing done by Dookhan”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 - Commonwealth v. Golding

3. “the value of the evidence of Dookhan's misconduct was outweighed by the benefits of entering into a favorable plea agreement that eliminated potentially ten additional years in prison”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 - Commonwealth v. Golding