Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2016
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Edwards v. Arizona · Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co. · Commonwealth v. Davis · Commonwealth v. Hawkins · Commonwealth v. Mercier
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n accused who has invoked his rights may change his mind and choose to waive his rights, so long as it is he who initiates further communication, and so long as his waiver is voluntary and intelligent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.