State v. Swinburne’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Oregon v. Hass, 420 U.S. 714 , 95 S.Ct. 1215 , 43 L.Ed.2d 570 (1975), the Supreme Court held admissible for impeachment purposes inculpating post-arrest statements of the defendant made after he had been given his Miranda rights and exercised his right to request a lawyer, but before he had been furnished with counsel. The court said that evidence which is otherwise inadmissible against the defendant in the prosecution’s case in chief is not barred for all purposes, provided that “the trustworthiness of the evidence satisfies legal standards.” 420 U.S. at 721 , 95 S.Ct. at 1221 , 43 L.Ed.2d at 577 . State v. Swinburne, supra, 116 Ariz. at 412 , 569 P.2d at 842 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Routhier