MacKrill v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Findings of factual issues made by the district court considering a motion to suppress are not disturbed on appeal unless they are clearly erroneous. Wilson v. State, 874 P.2d 215, 218 (Wyo.1994). Since the district court conducts the hearing on the motion to suppress and has the opportunity to assess the credibility of the witnesses, weigh the evidence, and make the necessary inferences, deductions, and conclusions, evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the district court's determination. Id. [I]ssue[s] of law . . . [are] reviewed de novo. Id., Brown v. State, 944 P.2d 1168, 1170-71 (Wyo.1997)."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Monroe v. State · Jelle v. State

2. “In a kaleidoscopic situation such as the one confronting these officers, where spontaneity rather than adherence to a police manual is necessarily the order of the day, the application of the exeeption which we ree-ognize today should not be made to depend on post hoe findings at a suppression hearing concerning the subjective motivation of the arresting officer. Undoubtedly most police officers, if placed in Officer Kraft's position, would act out of a host of different, instinctive, and largely unverifiable motives-their own safety, the safety of others, and perhaps as well the desire to obtain incriminating evidence from the suspect. Whatever the motivation of individual officers in such a situation, we do not believe that the doctrinal underpinnings of Miranda require that it be applied in all its rigor to a situation in which police officers ask questions reasonably prompted by a concern for the public safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Barnes v. State

3. “informing him of his Miranda rights. We note that the detectives advised Friedman of his Miranda rights during his first taped statement, which statement the appellant does not claim was coerced. The detectives did not deviate from that practice during the polygraph examination or when Friedman provided his second taped statement. We also note that Miranda advisements have been characterized as measures taken to insure that the right against compulsory self-incrimination is”

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