Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
March 1983
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. McCutchen · Commonwealth v. Starkes · Commonwealth v. Chaney · Commonwealth v. Little
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[A]bsent a showing that a juvenile had an opportunity to consult with an interested and informed parent or adult or counsel before he waived his Miranda rights, his waiver will be ineffectual."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.