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.
“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“review independently the application of constitutional principles to the facts found.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“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.