Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 26 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"After all is said, the test as to the verity of a confession is whether or not it was freely and voluntarily made. Did it come from the free will of the accused or was he compelled by unlawful means to make the confession?"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Montgomery v. State · Young v. State

2. “"* * * When a defendant in a criminal case in this state relies on the defense of insanity, the issue is limited to whether or not the defendant has the ability to distinguish right from wrong and to know that the act he is charged with committing was wrong. The test does not depend on the intelligence, education or general mental capacity of the accused."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 So. 2d 73 - Hunter v. State

3. “no cogent reason for receding from what has long been the rule in this state”

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