Commonwealth v. Danforth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
119 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELL · Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Korchak · Commonwealth v. McFadden · Bureau of Highway Safety v. Wright
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 119 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The police have an affirmative duty to not only inform the arrestee that refusal to submit to chemical testing will result in suspension of his driving privileges, but also that the arrestee does not have the right to speak with an attorney or anyone else in connection with his decision as to whether he will submit to chemical testing.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Your constitutional rights as a defendant in a criminal case do not apply to the taking of a chemical test, and therefore you do not have a right to consult with an attorney or anyone else prior to taking the chemical test or to have an attorney or anyone else present while you take the chemical test. Nor do you have a right to remain silent when asked to take a chemical test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where the lower court has heard the case de novo, the Commonwealth Court’s proper scope of review is to determine whether the facts found by the trial court are supported by competent evidence and to correct any conclusions of law erroneously made.”
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.