State v. Pye’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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Supreme Court’s decision in Seibert deals with what the Court referred to as a “two stage” or “question first” interrogation procedure, supra at 609-611, in which police first question a suspect without administering Miranda warnings, gain a statement from the suspect, then administer Miranda warnings, and have the suspect repeat that which the suspect has already related, often with little interruption in time. The Court noted that in such circum stances, it is unlikely that the Miranda warnings will effectively advise a suspect of his rights. Id. at 611-614. The Court discussed its prior opinion in Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U. S. 298, 307 (105 SC 1285, 84 LE2d 222) (1985). Elstad allowed admission of a statement that followed Miranda warnings that had not been given the suspect until after a statement was made in violation of Miranda, provided that, under all the circumstances, the subsequent statement was determined to be knowingly and voluntarily made. The Seibert opinion distinguished Elstad , and essentially established an “effective warning” test, requiring an examination of circumstances to determine if the Miranda warnings given were effective; the opinion found that the warnings given to Seibert were ineffective to advise her of her rights, and thus her postwarning statements had to be suppressed. Id. at 617. Although the Court observed that the interrogation strategy employed in Seibert was deliberate, and even was admitted to be so by the police, the Court specifi”

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

2. “The Supreme Court's decision in Seibert deals with what the Court referred to as a "two stage" or "question first" interrogation procedure, in which police first question a suspect without administering Miranda warnings, gain a statement from the suspect, then administer Miranda warnings, and have the suspect repeat that which the suspect has already related, often with little interruption in time.”

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

3. “implicating himself in the crimes, and then, without any break in the proceedings, was given Miranda warnings ... and gave a statement that was essentially identical to the version of events he had already revealed to the detectives”

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