Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`it must have been made voluntarily, without being induced by another by the slightest hope of benefit or remotest fear of injury.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Folsom · Mangrum v. State

2. “the interrogators’ statements in the second interview that appellant could be a witness or a defendant were implied promises of lighter punishment, including the possibility of escaping punishment altogether. See State v. Ritter, supra, 268 Ga. 108 (1). However, in Duke v. State, 268 Ga. 425 (2) ( 489 SE2d 811 ) (1997), where interrogating officers described the defendant’s situation as one in which he could be a witness or a defendant, this Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress, concluding that the officers “clearly did not imply that [the defendant] would not be charged if he was himself involved in the murder[,]” but were only encouraging him to tell the truth. Exhortations to tell the truth are not a hope of benefit that renders a confession inadmissible under OCGA § 24-3-50. Id.”

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

3. “Exhortations to tell the truth are not a hope of benefit that renders a confession inadmissible under OCGA § 24-3-50. [Cit.]”

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