Commonwealth v. Mejia’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2021
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brecht v. Abrahamson · McGinnis v. Hadix · Commonwealth v. Wright · Commonwealth v. Bowden · Commonwealth v. Casale
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“extend to statements made during noncustodial, prearrest police questioning . . . our 'long-standing rule' prohibiting the use at trial of a defendant's postarrest denials where the defendant chooses not to testify”
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.