State v. Summers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

47 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[A] sentencing court has no authority to order a term of postrelease supervision in conjunction with an off-grid indeterminate life sentence.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Newman · State v. Edwards

2. “Several nonexclusive factors may be considered when reviewing the totality of the circumstances surrounding a defendant's statements to determine admissibility, including: (1) when and where the interrogation occurred; (2) how long it lasted; (3) how many police officers were present; (4) what the officers and defendant said and did; (5) the presence of actual physical restraint of the defendant or things equivalent to actual restraint such as drawn weapons or a guard stationed at the door; (6) whether the defendant is being questioned as a suspect or a witness; (7) how the defendant got to the place of questioning, that is, whether he or she came completely on his or her own in response to a police request or was escorted by police officers; and (8) what happened after the interrogation—whether the defendant left freely, was detained, or was arrested.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Guein

3. “This court reviews a trial court's determination that hearsay is admissible under a statutory exception . . . for an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lemmie