Matthews v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
September 1976
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mack v. State · Hicks v. State · Hawkins v. State · Caudill v. State · Marshall v. State
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The evidence in the record in this cause is in conflict as to whether the confessions or statements were voluntary or given when appellant was in fear, but as the trial court he.ard evidence on this subject and accorded appellant., a! full hearing on this matter, we are not able to disturb the trial court’s ruling based on conflicting evidence that the statements were voluntarily made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. BOWLING v. State · Britt v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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