Commonwealth v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘(i) At the conclusion of the [suppression] hearing, the judge shall enter on the record a statement of findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether the evidence was obtained in violation of the defendant’s constitutional rights, and shall make an order granting or denying the relief sought.’”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Jackson · 2003 Pa. Super. 79 - Commonwealth v. Grundza

2. ““I must respectfully dissent from the Court’s order remanding the instant case for an evidentiary hearing in order to effectuate literal compliance with Rule 323(i) of our Rules of Criminal Procedure. The asserted non-compliance consists of the fact that the ‘record before us contains no findings of fact or conclusions of law, only a statement of the suppression court’s conclusion that there was no coercion.’ Opinion, ante at 748. In my view, the duplicative proceeding which the court orders is unnecessary and useless, wasteful of judicial time and energy, and without prospect of benefit to the appellant.” Id., 464 Pa. at 298-299 , 346 A.2d at 749 . (footnote omitted).”

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