State v. Soverns’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently May 1997 · most notably State v. Faulkner (1976), State v. Wilson (1976)
54 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 State v. Campbell · State v. Lekas · State v. Harden · State v. Reed · State v. McCollum
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... If such confession is made while the accused is under restraint by law enforcement officials, evidence of the confession is not admissible on the trial, unless it is made to clearly appear that the accused was fully advised of his constitutional rights, and after being so advised, the confession of guilt was freely and voluntarily made under circumstances that afforded no undue influence in procuring the confession. [Citations] "Coercion in obtaining a confession from an accused can be mental as well as physical. In determining the voluntariness of a confession of crime, the question in each case is whether the defendant's will was overborne at the time of the confession; if so, the confession cannot be deemed the product of a rational intellect and a free will. [Citation] In determining the admissibility of a statement of the defendant obtained during custodial interrogation the trial court must weigh any conflicting evidence and make its findings based on the totality of the circumstances. If there is substantial competent evidence to support the trial court's findings that the defendant voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently waived his Fifth and Six Amendment rights, such findings will not be disturbed on appellate review...." (p. 777.)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Taylor · State v. Goodseal“"It is well settled that the credibility of witnesses will not be passed upon and conflicting evidence will not be weighed on appellate review. ( State v. Griffin, 210 Kan. 729 , 504 P.2d 150 .) A defendant has no cause to complain if the jury believed the state's witnesses rather than his own. ( State v. Mae McLaughlin, 207 Kan. 584 , 485 P.2d 1352 .) In considering the sufficiency of evidence to sustain a conviction, this court looks only to the evidence which supports the verdict. It does not weigh the evidence and if the essential elements of the charge are supported by any competent evidence, the conviction must stand. ( State v. McCollum, 211 Kan. 631 , 507 P.2d 196 .) ..." (p. 775.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Duncan · State v. Baker“... If such confession is made while the accused is under restraint by law enforcement officials, evidence of the confession is not admissible on the trial, unless it is made to clearly appear that the accused was fully advised of his constitutional rights, and after being so advised, the confession of guilt was freely and voluntarily made under circumstances that afforded no undue influence in procuring the confession. [Citations]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Goodseal
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.