State v. Bryson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Immediately prior to this conversation with the police, Bryson was not advised of his constitutional rights, although previously, when interrogated by the police, he had been so advised. * * * * * * ‘‘[Miranda] compels the protection of a suspect faced with the coercion inherent in police interrogation against pressures which break down the suspect’s will to resist and threaten the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. * * * Such pressures were absent in this case. The atmosphere surrounding Guffy and the defendant was neither coercive nor intimidating. Guffy did not force his will upon Bryson. He did not ask coercive questions calculated to compel Bryson to answer. At most, Guffy merely sought clarification or explanation of the information willingly supplied by the defendant. In no sense can the conversation be characterized as an ‘in-custody interrogation.’ ” 259 N.E.2d at 742 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hatton

2. ““In dealing with statements obtained through interrogation, we do not purport to find all confessions inadmissible. Confessions remain a proper element in law enforcement. Any statement given freely and voluntarily without any compelling influences is, of course, admissible in evidence. The fundamental import of the privilege while an individual is in custody is not whether he is allowed to talk to the police without the benefit of warnings and counsel, but whether he can be interrogated. There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess to a crime, or a person who calls the police to offer a confession or any other statement he desires to make. Volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the Fifth Amendment and their admissibility is not affected by our holding today.” 384 U.S. at 478 , 86 S.Ct. at 1630 . (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hatton