2 Mass. App. Ct. 679 - Commonwealth v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
5
states following
July 1981
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden · Ker v. State of California · Harris v. United States · Trudo v. United States
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Evidence not described in a valid search warrant but having a nexus with the crime under investigation may be seized at the same time as the material described in the warrant. The test, in the case of `mere evidence', is whether the item `will aid in a particular apprehension or conviction.' Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden (citations omitted). The requisite nexus existed in this case, as the gas bills were relevant for the purpose of showing the defendant's control over the premises." 319 N.E.2d at 463 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Meader“certain narcotic drugs, to wit Heroin, and all articles used for the use, sale and preparation of narcotic drugs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Meader
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.