93 Mass. App. Ct. 486 - Commonwealth v. Ryan’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Latimore · Commonwealth v. Saferian · Sullivan v. Town of Brookline · Commonwealth v. Zinser · 37 Mass. App. Ct. 339 - Commonwealth v. Adamides
Most-quoted passages
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“Where the Legislature uses the same words in several sections which concern the same subject matter, the words 'must be presumed to have been used with the same meaning in each section' "). "Impairment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we construe 'impairment of the physical condition' to mean damage to any body part that 'compromise[s] its ability to perform its function in the victim's body.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Ryan , supra , quoting Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 1245 (11th ed. 2005). Thus, to establish substantial impairment of the physical condition -- i.e.,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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