174 W. Va. 784 - State v. Burgess’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
March 1995
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Mincey v. Arizona · Harris v. New York · Oregon v. Elstad · Bram v. United States
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the representations of one in authority are calculated to foment hope or despair in the mind of the accused to any material degree, and a confession ensures, it cannot be deemed voluntary.” State v. Parsons, 108 W.Va. 705 , 152 S.E. 745 (1930).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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