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← 60 MASSAPPCT 13 - Commonwealth v. Johnston

Commonwealth v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Romano v. United States · American Sterilizer Co. v. Sybron Corp. · Duckworth v. Eagan · California v. Prysock

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

  1. “"[1] that he has the right to remain silent, [2] that anything he says can be used against him in a court of law, [3] that he has the right to the presence of an attorney, and [4] that if he cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for him prior to any questioning if he so desires."”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Rule 13[a][2] of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure requires that a defendant state the grounds on which the motion [to suppress] is based 'with particularity'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “We are not obliged on appeal to address new arguments in support of rule 13 motions to suppress that were not argued before the trial judge”
    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.