Commonwealth v. Cabrera’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Richards v. Wisconsin · Commonwealth v. Scott · Commonwealth v. Jimenez · Commonwealth v. Montanez
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Viewed through the eyes of experienced police officers and as a whole, even seemingly innocent activities may take on a sinister cast and give rise to reasonable suspicion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[w]e accept the judge's subsidiary findings of fact absent clear error, but conduct an independent review of his ultimate findings and conclusions of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“we are reluctant to adopt a blanket rule that all persons suspected of drug activity are to be presumed armed and dangerous for constitutional purposes”
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.