State v. Muntean’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he extent to which the suspect was confronted with evidence of guilt; whether and to what degree the suspect’s freedom of movement was restrained; whether the police used deceptive techniques in conducting the interview; the degree to which the suspect was isolated from the outside world; the duration of the interview; whether the police officers were armed; and the number of police officers present during the interview.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Eric K. Manning · State v. Hieu Tran

2. “restraint on freedom of movement of the degree associated with a formal arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rein Kolts