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← 302 GA 570 - Benton v. State

Benton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
June 2024
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Jackson v. Denno · Duckworth v. Eagan · Malcolm 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “But where controlling facts are not in dispute, such as those facts discernible from a videotape, our review is de novo.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Miranda warnings are intended to preserve a defendant's Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and must be administered to an accused who is in custody and subject to interrogation. Only if the defendant knowingly and intelligently waives his rights under Miranda are any of his custodial statements admissible in the prosecution's case-in-chief.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “you've the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law; you have the right to an attorney and have your attorney present while being questioned; if you want an attorney and cannot afford one, one will be appointed if you have any questions. Do you understand?”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.