2012 Pa. Super. 192 - Commonwealth v. Cohen’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “(1) whether the waiver was voluntary, in the sense that defendant’s choice was not the end result of governmental pressure, and (2) whether the waiver was knowing and intelligent, in the. sense that it was made with full comprehension of both the nature of the right being abandoned and the consequence of that choice.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2017 Pa. Super. 100 - Commonwealth v. Lukach · 2013 Pa. Super. 287 - Commonwealth v. Kunkle

2. “In order to do so, the Commonwealth must demonstrate that the proper warnings were given, and that the accused manifested an understanding of these warnings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Interest of N.B.

3. “[I]t is the Commonwealth's burden to establish whether a defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his Miranda rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Interest of N.B.