Cook v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

64 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “must be resolved on a case-by-case basis, by viewing the totality of the circumstances, in order to determine if the law enforcement parent was acting as a parent or as an agent of the state when speaking with his or her arrested child.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Schofield v. Cook · In Re TAG

2. “`any words or actions on the part of the police (other than those normally attendant to arrest and custody) that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response from the suspect.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown · Lucas v. State

3. “[O]nce an accused has "expressed his desire to deal with the police only through counsel, he is not subject to further interrogation by the authorities until counsel has been made available to him, unless the accused himself initiates further communication, exchanges, or conversations with the police." [Cit.] The Supreme Court has defined interrogation or its functional equivalent as express questioning by law enforcement officers or "`any words or actions on the part of the police (other than those normally attendant to arrest and custody) that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response from the suspect.'" [Cits.] The Supreme Court has expressed particular concern about deceit or trickery during a police interrogation.”

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