Jackson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
116
cited by 116 later decisions
2
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
116 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Illinois v. Gates · Wong Sun v. United States · Adams v. Williams · Delaware v. Prouse
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 116 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[s]ince the constitutionality of a search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment involves questions of law and fact, we give deference to the factual findings of the trial court but independently decide whether, under the applicable law, the manner in which the challenged evidence was obtained satisfies constitutional requirements.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we consider the evidence and all reasonable inferences flowing from that evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party at trial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If evidence is seized during an illegal stop, it is not admissible at trial under the doctrine known as `the fruit of the poisonous tree.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.