Commonwealth v. Lodge’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doyle v. Ohio · Anderson v. Charles · Engle v. Isaac · Commonwealth v. Haas · Commonwealth v. Randolph
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.
“[A] defendant who voluntarily speaks after receiving Miranda warnings has not been induced to remain silent. As to the subject matter of his statements, the defendant has not remained silent at all”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“defendant had a constitutional right to silence, not a right to tell a story and then avoid explaining crucial omissions by stating they were an exercise of the right to silence”
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.