State v. Mendacino’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The police station confessions were rendered inadmissible not because the required warnings were inadequate, rather, the trial judge found that the detectives persisted in questioning the defendant after he had indicated that he didn't want to talk and wanted a lawyer. Therefore the confessions partake more of actual coercion. * * * "* * * "In light of all these circumstances, we are required to hold that the coercive conditions which resulted in the first two inadmissible confessions were not effectively removed. * * *"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 82 Or. App. 730 - State v. Foster · State v. Isom

2. “"A compelled confession is offensive not because the victim has a grievance against the police, but because coerced statements are not premises from which a civilized society will infer guilt." State v. Mendacino, supra, 288 Or. at 236 , 603 P.2d 1376 . [5]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 82 Or. App. 730 - State v. Foster

3. “[d]espite the defendant's repeated statements that he did not want to talk and that he wanted an attorney, the detectives continued the interrogation and elicited a confession from the defendant.”

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