State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A purported confession of the defendant, Exhibit 36, has been received in evidence. You are instructed that before you can give any consideration to such exhibit you must first be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant signed said exhibit freely and voluntarily, without promises, inducements, threats, violence or putting in fear, and with full knowledge of its contents. “You are further instructed that a confession which purports to be freely given is prima facie voluntary. The burden is upon the defendant to show, by a preponderance of the credible evidence, that such confession was procured by coercion or inducement or without his full knowledge of its contents, if such presumption is not to prevail.””

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