Commonwealth v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Jerome (1978), Commonwealth v. Brown (1977)
55 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 · Escobedo v. Illinois · Jackson v. Denno · Johnson v. State of New Jersey · Roberts v. Florida
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Our determination to suppress is further supported by Commonwealth v. Bennett, 445 Pa. 8 , 282 A.2d 276 (1971). There, this Court held: "`There is no prophylactic rule that a suspect must be rewarned of his constitutional rights each time custodial interrogation is renewed. Instead, we must view the totality of circumstances in each case to determine whether such repeated warnings are necessary. Commonwealth v. Ferguson, 444 Pa. 478 , 282 A.2d 378 (1971); Commonwealth v. Abrams, 443 Pa. 295 , 278 A.2d 902 (1971). See also United States v. Osterburg, 423 F.2d 704 (9th Cir. 1970); Brown v. State, 6 Md.App. 564 , 252 A.2d 272 (1969); Franklin v. State, 6 Md.App. 572 , 252 A.2d 487 (1969). "` Pertinent to such an inquiry are the length of time between the warnings and the challenged interrogation, whether the interrogation was conducted at the same place where the warnings were given, whether the officer who gave the warnings also conducted the questioning, and whether statements obtained are materially different from other statements that may have been made at the time of the warnings.' Bennett, supra 445 Pa. at 15 , 282 A.2d at 280 (emphasis added)."”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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