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← 474 MASS 147 - Commonwealth v. Amado

Commonwealth v. Amado’s Empirical Analysis

2016

Citation profile

25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
January 2022
most recently cited

25 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Bell v. Wolfish · Minnesota v. Dickerson · Maryland v. Wilson · Fertel-Rust v. Dane County Social Services

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

  1. “In reviewing a ruling on a motion to suppress evidence, we accept the judge's subsidiary findings of fact absent clear error”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “review independently the application of constitutional principles to the facts found.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “If the package is * concealed in the groin area, a finding of probable cause is much more likely. And even if the touching does not alone supply probable cause, it may contribute together with other facts to a probable cause finding”
    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.