Commonwealth v. Dias’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Franks v. Delaware · Roviaro v. United States · Kastigar v. United States · Hoffman v. United States · United States v. Ordonez
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“informant's identity and concomitant information are sufficiently 'relevant and helpful to the defense of an accused' that it must be disclosed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Whether the informant could assert a valid Fifth Amendment privilege if called as a witness at trial is a distinct issue from whether the informant's identity must be disclosed before trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the crime charged, the possible defenses, the possible significance of the [privileged] testimony, and other relevant factors.”
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.