Fowler v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1924
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
February 1968
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Neal v. Commonwealth · Link v. Commonwealth
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There is nothing requiring that the affidavit shall be sworn to before the officer who issues the warrant, nor is there any reason therefor, since the purpose of the affidavit is to furnish to the officer information on oath sufficient to create probable cause, and its convincing qualities are as strong when sworn to before one person authorized to administer an oath as before another. We therefore find no merit in this contention.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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