Commonwealth v. Selby’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
115 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 115 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista (2004), Commonwealth v. Raymond (1997)
115 state decisions
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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Moran v. Burbine · Oregon v. Mathiason · Michigan v. Mosley · Frazier v. Cupp
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 115 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A statement is voluntary if it is the product of a ‘rational intellect’ and a ‘free will.’ Commonwealth v. Davis, 403 Mass. 575, 581 (1988). In determining whether a statement was made voluntarily, in compliance with due process of law, we examine whether, in light of the totality of the circumstances surrounding the making of the statement, the will of the defendant was overborne to the extent that the statement was not the result of a free and voluntary act. . . . Under this ‘totality of the circumstances’ test, we consider all of the relevant circumstances surrounding the interrogation and the individual characteristics and conduct of the defendant. Commonwealth v. Parker, [ 402 Mass. 333, 340 (1988)]. Relevant factors include, but are not limited to, ‘promises or other inducements, conduct of the defendant, the defendant’s age, education, intelligence and emotional stability, experience with and in the criminal justice system, physical and mental condition, the initiator of the discussion of a deal or leniency (whether the defendant or the police), and the details of the interroga tian, including the recitation of Miranda warnings.’ Commonwealth v. Mandile, 397 Mass. 410, 413 (1986).” (Citations omitted and emphasis added.)”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“'promises or other inducements, conduct of the defendant, the defendant's age, education, intelligence and emotional stability, experience with and in the criminal justice system, physical and mental condition, the initiator of the discussion of a deal or leniency (whether the defendant or the police), and the details of the interrogation, including the recitation of Miranda warnings.' " Magee , supra at 388, 668 N.E.2d 339 , quoting from Selby , supra .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“surrounding the interrogation and the individual characteristics and conduct of the defendant”
1 later decision 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.