People v. Frank C.’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · 67 Cal. 2d 365 - People v. Lara · 27 Cal. 3d 303 - People v. Thompson · 21 Cal. 3d 595 - People v. Jimenez · 16 Cal. 3d 156 - People v. McDaniel
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[T]he fact that a party, by failing to raise an issue below, may forfeit the right to raise the issue on appeal does not mean that an appellate court is precluded from considering the issue.' " (Italics omitted) ].) Exercising this discretion, we agree that T.F.'s confession was not voluntary. "The use of an involuntary confession for any purpose in a criminal or delinquency proceeding violates a defendant's or minor's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. [Citation.] [¶] '... A minor can effectively waive his constitutional rights [citation] but age, intelligence, education and ability to comprehend the meaning and effect of his confession are factors in that totality of circumstances to be weighed along with other circumstances in determining whether the confession was a product of free will and an intelligent waiver of the minor's Fifth Amendment rights [citation].' [Citation.] [¶] The federal and state Constitutions both require the prosecution to show the voluntariness of a confession by a preponderance of the evidence. [Citations.] Voluntariness turns on all the surrounding circumstances, 'both the characteristics of the accused and the details of the interrogation' [citation]; it does not depend on whether the confession is trustworthy. [Citation.] While a determination that a confession was involuntary requires a finding of coercive police conduct [citations], ' " 'the exertion of any improper influence' " ' by the police suffices.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“on the record before us there is no reason to assume the minor did not understand [his Miranda rights] when first given to him or he had already forgotten the admonitions of an hour before or that he had invoked his rights or he did not understand he had already invoked them or he did not understand he was waiving them”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“was exposed to any form of coercion, threats, or promises of any kind, trickery or intimidation, or that he was questioned or prompted by . . . anyone else to change his mind.”
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.