25 Md. App. 162 - Ponds v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
April 1984
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Jackson v. Denno · Lego v. Twomey · Haynes v. Washington · Brookhart v. Janis
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Of course, in determining whether the court made its decision within the required constitutional framework, we must do so within the rule that when constitutional rights turn on the resolution of a factual dispute we are duty bound to make an independent examination of the evidence in the record. Brookhart v. Janis, 384 U. S. 1 , note 4 at p. 4. Gardner v. State, 10 Md. App. 233, 245 , 269 A. 2d 186, 192 . In doing so we accord an appropriate and substantial effect to the trial court’s resolution of conflicts in evidence as to the occurrence or nonoccurrence of factual events and happenings.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Thus the trier of facts was confronted by the necessity to resolve the critically dispositive conflicting testimony. If the trial judge believed the testimony of McFee and Staccone, there manifestly was no promise that induced the Ranier [a burglary victim] confession. On the contrary if the trial judge believed the testimony of Ponds, the Ranier confession was involuntary.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It may be enough if one credible witness can testify from personal observation that nothing was said or done prior to and during the obtention of the confession to mar or destroy its voluntary character and there is no claim by the prisoner of improper treatment by others than those covered by such testimony.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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