208 So. 2d 172 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “deranged and psychotic mental imbalance.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 Wash. 2d 378 - State v. Cuzzetto · 611 So. 2d 212 - Ricks v. State

2. “The fact that the accused is under the influence of liquor or drugs, which affect his recollection, does not make his confession inadmissible. The intoxicated condition of the accused at the time of making a confession does not, unless such intoxication goes to the extent of mania, affect the admissibility in evidence of such confession if it was otherwise a voluntary one, although the fact of intoxication may affect its weight and credibility with the jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whitaker v. State · 312 So. 2d 15 - Robinson v. State

3. “Custodial interrogation in the true meaning of the term did not take place, since it was only at the imploration and insistence of appellee that Judge Dale listened to his confession and simultaneously asked appellee pertinent questions relating to the details thereof. His intoxication, with other factors, had produced mania, making it impossible for his intellect to comprehend what he was saying and doing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 Wash. 2d 378 - State v. Cuzzetto