In re Ralph M.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6 district · 108 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 114 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably In re Baby Girl B. (1992), Lynn v. Haybuster Manufacturing, Inc. (1993)
6 district · 108 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Bruton v. United States · Brinegar v. United States · Gault · Gerstein v. Pugh
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 114 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court shall transfer to the regular criminal docket of the superior court from the docket for juvenile matters: (1) Any child referred for the commission of a murder under sections 53a-54a to 53a-54d , inclusive, provided any such murder was committed after such child attained the age of fourteen years . . . . No such transfer shall be valid unless, prior thereto, the court has made written findings, after a hearing, that there is probable cause to believe that the child has committed the act for which he is charged.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[a] person, acting with the mental state required for the commission of an offense . . . solicits, requests, commands, importunes or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct which constitutes an offense. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(a) Any admission, confession or statement, written or oral, BY A CHILD shall be inadmissible in any proceeding for delinquency in the juvenile court against the [person] CHILD making such admission, confession or statement unless [such person, and the parent or parents or guardian of such person if he is a child as defined in section 17-53 shall have been advised of their rights to retain counsel and that if they are unable to afford counsel, to have counsel appointed to represent them, that they have a right to refuse to make any statements and that any statements they make may be introduced in evidence against them, at the time of making such admission, confession or statement] MADE BY SUCH CHILD IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS PARENT OR PARENTS OR GUARDIAN AND AFTER THE PARENT OR PARENTS OR GUARDIAN AND CHILD HAVE BEEN ADVISED (1) OF THE CHILD'S RIGHT TO RETAIN COUNSEL, OR IF UNABLE TO AFFORD COUNSEL, TO HAVE COUNSEL APPOINTED ON THE CHILD'S BEHALF, (2) OF THE CHILD'S RIGHT TO REFUSE TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS AND (3) THAT ANY STATEMENTS HE MAKES MAY BE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.