Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To determine whether the connection between the evidence and the improper conduct has become so attenuated as to dissipate the taint, the facts of each case must be examined in light of three factors: the temporal proximity of the [unlawful conduct] to the obtaining of the evidence; the presence of intervening circumstances; and the purpose and flagrancy of the misconduct”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 Mass. App. Ct. 641 - Commonwealth v. Jones

2. “was an independent intervening circumstance neither sought nor procured by the police.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 94 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 - Commonwealth v. Mason