Commonwealth v. Figueroa’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]ven where there is 'good reason' for a showup identification, it may still be suppressed if the identification procedure so needlessly adds to the suggestiveness inherent in such an identification that it is conducive to irreparable mistaken identification.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 - Commonwealth v. Leblanc · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1120 - Commonwealth v. Saldana

2. “police have reasonable grounds to believe that obtaining a warrant would be impracticable under the circumstances because the delay in doing so would pose a significant risk that ... evidence may be destroyed”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Almonor · Commonwealth v. Parker

3. “violates due process only where the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that it is 'unnecessarily suggestive'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1104 - Commonwealth v. Leblanc · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1120 - Commonwealth v. Saldana