Commonwealth v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an unnamed informant's tip is relied on by the police as supplying probable cause to arrest and to search, art. 14 [of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights] requires that the information satisfy the two-pronged standard set forth in Aguilar v. Texas , 378 U.S. 108 [1964], and Spinelli v. United States , 393 U.S. 410 [1969]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 - Commonwealth v. (And · Commonwealth v. Sabanero

2. “The veracity test may be satisfied by demonstrating the credibility of the informant. That credibility, in turn, may be established by showing that information provided in the past by this informant has proved to be accurate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Sabanero

3. “we consider whether, taken as a whole and read in a commonsense fashion, the [hearing evidence] adequately demonstrates that the informant has provided reliable information.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Sabanero