Miller v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2021 · most notably North Carolina v. Butler (1979), Wilson v. State (1971)
5 federal appellate · 58 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Johnson v. Zerbst · Gault · Haley v. Ohio · Gallegos v. State of Colorado
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`must depend, in each case, upon the particular facts and circumstances surrounding that case, including the background, experience, and conduct of the accused.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McIntyre v. State · State v. Fowler““The determination of whether a confession is admissible is ordinarily a matter for the trial court to decide and its determination will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a clear abuse of discretion. Abbott v. State, 231 Md. 462 , 190 A. 2d 797 . Bryant v. State, 229 Md. 531 , 185 A. 2d 190 ; Harris v. State, supra.” ( 251 Md. at 381 , 247 A. 2d at 540 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Fowler“had been freely and voluntarily given, and that . . . (he) knowingly and intelligently waived his constitutional rights,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Miller v. Maryland
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.