Commonwealth v. Baust’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

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

1. “does not require the witness to divulge anything through his mental processes”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Search of [Redacted] Wash. · 334 F. Supp. 3d 1284 - United States v. Sanchez

2. “[u]nlike a document or tangible thing, such as an unencrypted copy of the footage itself, if the password was a foregone conclusion, the Commonwealth would not need to compel Defendant to produce it because they would already know it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Katelin Eunjoo Seo v. State of Indiana

3. “The footage [on the phone] ... would not be protected under the Fifth Amendment because its creation was voluntary, i.e. , not compelled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Search of [Redacted] Wash.