Commonwealth v. Mubdi’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Where the defendant has automatic standing, the defendant need not show that he has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place searched. "... "The defendant, however, still must show that there was a search in the constitutional sense, that is, that someone had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place searched, because only then would probable cause, reasonable suspicion, or consent be required to justify the search."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1122 - Commonwealth v. Francisco F. · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 - Commonwealth v. Rodriguez-Diaz

2. ““Where a defendant has filed a motion to suppress alleging an unconstitutional search or seizure, the detail required in the motion and accompanying affidavit under rule 13(a)(2) must be sufficient to accomplish two practical purposes. First, it must be sufficient to enable a judge to determine whether to conduct an evidentiary hearing. . . . Second, the affidavit required under rule 13(a)(2) must be sufficiently detailed to give fair notice to the prosecution of the particular search or seizure that the defendant is challenging.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 79 Mass. App. Ct. 542 - Commonwealth v. Holley

3. “[t]o establish the reliability of the information under art. 14 [of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights], 'the Commonwealth must show the basis of knowledge of the source of the information (the basis of knowledge test) and the underlying circumstances demonstrating that the source of the information was credible or the information reliable (veracity test).'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 6 - Commonwealth v. Gonzalez