Underwood v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whether a suspect's statements to police are voluntary in the legal sense depends on an evaluation of all the surrounding circumstances, including the characteristics of the accused and the details of the interrogation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. State · 2024 OK CR 12 - SWAGER v. STATE

2. “Once a suspect in custody has asserted his right to speak only through counsel, all attempts at interrogation must cease. A suspect can, however, change his mind and decide to speak to police without counsel.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. SPRUILL v. STATE · Spruill v. State

3. “[It is a highly subjective and largely moral judgment about the punishment that a particular person deserves.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. POSEY v. STATE · Malone v. State