State v. Troutman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person is considered to be in custody and Miranda warnings are required when a person is (1) formally arrested or (2) restrained to the degree associated with a formal arrest. Unless a reasonable person in the suspect's situation would perceive that he was in custody, Miranda warnings are not necessary. Thus, the proper inquiry is how a reasonable person in [Abbott]'s shoes would have perceived his situation.”

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

2. “Thus, because 'the Miranda presumption does not necessarily constitute a finding that the statement was coerced, ... statements obtained in violation of the procedural requirements of Miranda may be found otherwise voluntary under due process standards.'”

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

3. “insufficient to support the legal conclusion that [defendant's] statement was a result of coercive police activity and, thus, involuntary”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DAVIS v. the STATE.