Commonwealth v. Hernandez’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
3
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Leon · Atwater v. City of Lago Vista · Virginia v. Moore · Commonwealth v. Upton · Commonwealth v. Beldotti
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the application of the exclusionary rule is appropriate where it is 'inherent in the purpose of a statute which the government has violated,' and that such a purpose is inherent in 'statutes closely associated with constitutional rights.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“development of exclusionary rules in light of statutory provisions is not uncommon in this Commonwealth”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“closely associated with the constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures,”
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.