Commonwealth v. Field’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · United States v. Calandra · Kastigar v. United States · Branzburg v. Hayes · United States v. Dionisio
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[o]nce the concerns of society justify the convening of an investigating grand jury, it is given broad investigative power with which to adequately discharge its public responsibility. Branzburg v. Hayes, 408 U.S. 665 , 92 S.Ct. 2646 , 33 L.Ed.2d 626 (1972). ‘When the grand jury is performing its investigatory function into a general problem area . . . society’s interest is best served through a thorough and extensive investigation . . ..’ Wood v. Georgia, 370 U.S. 375, 392 , 82 S.Ct. 1364, 1374 , 8 L.Ed.2d 569 (1962). These ‘broad investigative powers to determine whether a crime has been committed and who has committed it,’ United States v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1, 15 , 93 S.Ct. 764, 772 , 35 L.Ed.2d 67 (1973), ‘[serve] identifiable and legitimate state interests.’ Commonwealth v. McCloskey, supra, 443 Pa. [117,] 137, 277 A.2d [764,] 774, [cert. denied 404 U.S. 1000 , [ 92 S.Ct. 560 , 30, L.Ed.2d 552] (1971)].” Commonwealth v. Field, 231 Pa.Super. 53, 59 , 331 A.2d 744, 747 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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