State v. Nunnery’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The state’s showing that a ‘defendant was informed of his rights, that he was capable of understanding those rights, and that no physical force, threats, promises or coercive tactics were used to obtain the confession,’ is prima facie evidence that the confession given while the defendant was in custody was voluntary.” State v. Johnson, 988 S.W.2d 115, 120 (Mo.App.1999) (quoting State v. Wilkinson, 861 S.W.2d 746, 750 (Mo.App.1993)). “After the state has made a prima facie case, the defendant must produce evidence showing any ‘special circumstance’ that may have rendered the confession involuntary.” State v. Day, 970 S.W.2d 406, 409 (MoApp. 1998). Appellant presented no such evidence. We find that the State met its burden.”

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