Commonwealth v. Ancrum’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Wong Sun v. United States · Florida v. JL · Commonwealth v. Silva · Van Allen v. Nicholson
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Specifically, the 'test for determining reasonable suspicion should include consideration of the possibility of the possession of a gun, and the government's need for prompt investigation.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there may be an 'imminent threat' presented 'because of shots just fired, ... there is an edge added to the calculus upon which ... reasonable suspicion may be determined.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A] full match up of all parts of the description”
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.