Commonwealth v. Tremblay’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “make an independent determination of the correctness of the judge's application of constitutional principles to the facts as found.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Drayton · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 617 - Commonwealth v. Knowles

2. “[t]he ultimate inquiry is '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.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Hammond · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 617 - Commonwealth v. Knowles

3. “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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Gallett