Commonwealth v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
November 2013
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. New York · Commonwealth v. Davenport · Commonwealth v. Triplett · Commonwealth v. Blady · 287 Pa. Super. 485 - Commonwealth v. Bennett
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prophylactic rule, such as the six hour rule, is a classic of technicality. Classic because it applies to all circumstances, no matter what distinctions of justice may inhere in the facts of a given case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“. . . delay of more than six hours should not per se render . . . prearraignment statement inadmissible.. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.