Commonwealth v. Saunders’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 110 state decisions

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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it must be borne in mind that we are dealing here, not with the hearsay testimony of witnesses who merely heard such identifications being made, but with testimony given by those who themselves made the identifications at the lineup.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 262 Pa. Super. 540 - Commonwealth v. Gore · United States v. Cuyler

2. ““Since it is uniformly held that such a test is not judicially acceptable . it is obvious that neither a professed willingness nor refusal to submit to such a test should be admitted. Defendant’s offer was merely a self-serving act or declaration which obviously could be made without any possible risk, since, if the offer were accepted and the test given, the result, whether favorable or unfavorable to the accused, could not be given in evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hall v. State

3. “It was obvious to the court, to the jury and to the spectators that young Edward was telling the truth. He handled himself so intelligently, so quietly and so effectively on cross-examination that no one could doubt the sincerity of his story.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States of America Ex Rel. Earl Richard Saunders v. David N. Myers, Warden, Eastern State Penitentiary, Graterford, Pennsylvania