Bryant v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “our preference for trial courts to make findings of fact, if the evidence warrants them, substantially as follows: I find from a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant was advised of each of his Miranda rights, that he understood them, that he voluntarily waived them, and that he thereafter gave his statement freely and voluntarily without any hope of benefit or fear of injury. (If the defendant denies having been advised of any one of his Miranda rights or says that he requested an attorney, specific findings as to the point in controversy should also be made.)”

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

2. “[a] new trial is not authorized where the only effect of newly discovered evidence would be to impeach the credibility of a witness and "(t)his is true even though the witness whose credibility would be impeached gave the only testimony on some vital point in the case. (Cit.)" [Cit.]”

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

3. “(t)his is true even though the witness whose credibility would be impeached gave the only testimony on some vital point in the case. (Cit.)”

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