Dickens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1983
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Agee v. State · 266 So. 2d 21 - Reid v. State · Nicholson v. State · 274 So. 2d 371 - Bell 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is only when a confession is obtained as a result of unreasonable delay in taking the prisoner before a magistrate for a preliminary hearing that his confession of guilt is to be excluded on this basis. (Emphasis added). Id. at 26 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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