Commonwealth v. Lucas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Custodial interrogation has been defined as questioning initiated by law enforcement after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of freedom of action in any significant way.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Yopp v. Commonwealth · Simms v. Commonwealth

2. “This Court has used a de novo standard of review in deciding whether the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination is applicable to a particular situation. Both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals have held that the question of whether a defendant is in custody is a mixed question of law and fact to be reviewed de novo. We also recognize that the findings of the trial judge are conclusive if supported by substantial evidence and the decision must have been demonstrated to have been clearly erroneous. We conclude that the standard of review in [determining whether a defendant is in custody] is de novo.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. E.C. v. Commonwealth · Yopp v. Commonwealth

3. “otherwise deprived of his freedom of action”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Yopp v. Commonwealth