Commonwealth v. Villagran’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · New Jersey v. T. L. O. · Lockhart v. Nelson · California v. Ciraolo · Commonwealth v. Latimore
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we accept the judge's subsidiary findings of fact absent clear error and leave to the judge the responsibility of determining the weight and credibility to be given ... testimony presented at the motion hearing”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“review independently the application of constitutional principles to the facts found.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“did not make any furtive gestures or reach into his pockets in a manner that would suggest that he was carrying a weapon.”
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.