Commonwealth v. McFadden’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
May 1984
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Commonwealth v. Futch · Commonwealth v. McCutchen · Commonwealth v. Fogan · Commonwealth v. Webster
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 26 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.