Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. George W. Craig v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.2d 22 · 1965
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 100 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2013 · most notably Brown v. Illinois (1975), 70 Cal. 2d 541 - People v. Johnson (1969)
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 32 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Mapp v. Ohio · Escobedo v. Illinois · Linkletter v. Walker · Nardone v. United States
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 100 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) the proximity of an initial illegal custodial act to procurement of the confession; and (b) the intervention of other circumstances subsequent to an illegal arrest which provide a cause so unrelated to that initial illegality that the acquired evidence may not reasonably be said to have been directly derived from, and thereby tainted by, that illegal arrest; and (c) the purpose and flagrancy of the official misconduct.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`become so attenuated as to dissipate the taint.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is clear beyond a doubt both that Craig knew of his right to have an attorney for consultation and that he knew no statement had to be given to the police. * * * Though not express, his decision to proceed without counsel was unfettered, intelligent, and unequivocal. The * * * facts of this case * * * constitute the waiver of a right previously secured.” 348 F.2d at 31 .”
1 later decision 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.