13 Va. App. 549 - Wilson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably 16 Va. App. 82 - Pugliese v. Commonwealth (1993), 28 Va. App. 187 - Timbers v. Commonwealth (1998)
48 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Arizona v. Fulminante · Moran v. Burbine · Needler v. Valley National Bank of Arizona · Miller v. Fenton · Frazier v. Cupp
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[w]e must [independently] determine whether, in light of the totality of the circumstances, including not only the details of the interrogation, but also the characteristics of the accused, the statement was the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice by its maker, or whether the maker's will was overcome and his capacity for self-determination critically impaired."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“A deliberate falsehood by a police officer in the course of his duties may undermine the respect that significant segments of the public may have for law enforcement and the system of justice. This concern, however, is not the basis upon which we must determine if the police have obtained an involuntary confession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The test of voluntariness is whether, considering the totality of the circumstances, the confession was “the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice by its maker.” In assessing the surrounding circumstances, courts will consider the defendant’s background and the details of the interrogation.”
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.