Commonwealth v. Santana’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 15 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]his case makes plain the need for law enforcement to use capable, trained translators who will report verbatim the question asked and the response given.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Santana v. Cowen · Commonwealth v. Vasquez

2. “Last, [Santana] was motivated by self-interest and the fear of repercussions from Garcia when he approached his probation officer offering to provide information about the murder. As the judge found, [Santana] was not concerned about providing information to the police , he was particularly concerned with retaliation from "that young [nineteen year old] guy, that little guy has about [four] deaths under his belt." [Santana] added, "that young guy has me, he has me, you know, he has me under a lot of pressure and terrified.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Santana v. Cowen

3. “Moreover, as the Commonwealth points out, [Santana's] request to cease audio recording shortly after being provided his Miranda rights and his refusal to sign Trooper LaBarge's contemporaneous transcription at the conclusion of the interview because he "didn't know where he stood in the case," suggest that [Santana] understood the statement could be used against him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Santana v. Cowen