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← 481 Mass. 604 - Commonwealth v. Arias

Commonwealth v. Arias’s Empirical Analysis

2019

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2022
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · Mincey v. Arizona · Arizona v. Hicks · Brigham City v. Stuart

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

  1. “when probable cause exists to believe that a crime has occurred, is occurring, or will occur imminently, warrantless entry is justified only if exigent circumstances also are present”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “may be justifiable, . . . if the circumstances of the search fall within an established exception to the warrant requirement”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “the basis of the 911 caller's firsthand knowledge was apparent from the initial tip itself”
    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.