State v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

60 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]here is no indication that the questioning took place in a context where [Mathiason's] freedom to depart was restricted in any way. He came voluntarily to the police station, where he was immediately informed that he was not under arrest. At the close of a 1/2-hour interview [Mathiason] did in fact leave the police station without hindrance. It is clear from these facts that Mathiason was not in custody or "otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way." Such a noncustodial situation is not converted to one in which Miranda applies simply because a reviewing court concludes that, even in the absence of any formal arrest or restraint on freedom of movement, the questioning took place in a "coercive environment." Any interview of one suspected of a crime by a police officer is part of a law enforcement system which may ultimately cause the suspect to be charged with a crime. But police officers are not required to administer Miranda warnings to everyone whom they question. Nor is the requirement of warnings to be imposed simply because the questioning takes place in the station house, or because the questioned person is one whom the police suspect. Miranda warnings are required only where there has been such a restriction on a person's freedom as to render him "in custody." It was that sort of coercive environment to which Miranda by its terms was made applicable, and to which it is limited.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 403 So. 2d 453 - Williams v. State

2. “events occurring prior to the questioning, including the fact that the defendant had voluntarily appeared in response to a written request; [2] events happening during the questioning, including the fact that defendant was told at the outset he was not under arrest but that he was a suspect; and [3] events taking place after the questioning, including the fact that defendant was allowed to leave the parole office unhindered even though he had confessed to the burglary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 N.C. App. 269 - State v. Jeffries

3. “Failure of a trial court to instruct that the evidence was admitted for corroborative purposes only is not reversible error when the defendant has not requested such a limiting instruction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 N.C. App. 617 - State v. Spann