The State v. Depol’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]n the context of determining whether a defendant has knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to be silent under the Fifth Amendment, we have held that the mere fact that a defendant was intoxicated at the time of the statement does not necessarily render it inadmissible. If the evidence is sufficient to establish that the defendant’s statement was the product of rational intellect and free will, it may be admitted even if the defendant was intoxicated when he made the statement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The State v. Domenge-Delhoyo

2. “In conducting a totality of the circumstances analysis, we have considered a host of factors. Aconsent to search will normally be held voluntary if the totality of the circumstances fails to show that the officers used fear, intimidation, threat of physical punishment, or lengthy detention to obtain the consent.”

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