Lyons v. State of Oklahoma’s Empirical Analysis
322 U.S. 596 · 1944
Citation profile
268 federal appellate · 42 district · 327 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 824 later decisions (66 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera (1966), Kotteakos v. United States (1946)
268 federal appellate · 42 district · 327 state decisions — followed in 33 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McNabb v. United States · Mooney v. Holohan · Lisenba v. People of State of California · Bram v. United States · Stromberg v. People of State of California
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 824 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * Here improper methods were used to obtain a confession, but that confession was not used at the trial. Later, in another place and with different persons present, the accused again told the facts of the crime. Involuntary confessions, of course, may be given either simultaneously with or subsequently to unlawful pressures, force or threats. The question of whether those confessions subsequently given are themselves voluntary depends on the inferences as to the continuing effect of the coercive practices which may fairly be drawn from the surrounding circumstances.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Review here deals with circumstances which require examination into the possibility as to whether the judge and jury in the trial court could reasonably conclude that the McAlester confession was voluntary. The fact that there is evidence which would justify a contrary conclusion is immaterial. To triers of fact is left the determination of the truth or error of the testimony of prisoner and official alike. * * * ” 322 U.S. 596, at p. 603 , 64 S.Ct. 1208, at pp. 1212, 1213 , 88 L.Ed. 1481 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The voluntary or involuntary character of a confession is determined by a conclusion as to whether the accused, at the time he confesses, is in possession of ‘mental freedom’ to confess to or deny a suspected participation in a crime. [Cases cited.] “When conceded facts exist which are irreconcilable with such mental freedom,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.