Canty v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 2020
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ritter · Brown v. State · State v. Ray · Preston v. State · Eller v. State
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“much more than simply [saying] that his cooperation would be made known to the prosecution [or judge]. He was told that confessing to the crime [w]ould result in [not being charged at all.] This is exactly the hope of benefit which is prohibited under Georgia law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. JONES v. the STATE.“Under Georgia law, only voluntary incriminating statements are admissible against the accused at trial, and the State has the burden of proving the voluntariness of a confession by a preponderance of the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. JONES v. the STATE.“in exchange for his confession); Turner v. State , 203 Ga. 770 , 771 (2), 48 S.E.2d 522 (1948) (confession inadmissible after defendant told it would be”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. JONES v. the STATE.
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.