Commonwealth v. Cruz-Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2016
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Commonwealth v. Silva · Commonwealth v. Jimenez · Commonwealth v. Robbins · Commonwealth v. Madera
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In this case, the patfrisk of the defendant uncovered no weapons, the officers did not arrest the defendant, and they intended to release him. Under those circumstances, “[i)t can be argued with some persuasiveness that the defendant could hardly be viewed as a potential assailant after he . .. returned to his vehicle and knew that he had not been detained by the police,” citing, Comm. v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402, 409 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[E]ven a patfrisk that is 'valid in its inception' may be 'excessive in its scope.'”
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.