People v. Farrell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the statement was truly self-inculpatory; (2) whether the statement was detailed; (8) whether police officers threatened or coerced the defendant to make the statement; (4) whether the confession was offered in exchange for leniency; (5) whether the declarant was likely to have personal knowledge of the events in the statement; (6) whether the declarant made the statement shortly after the described events; (7) whether the declarant had a reason to retaliate against the defendant; and (8) whether the declarant was mentally or physically unstable at the time of the confession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Lawrence

2. “at the time of its making ... so far tended to subject [the declarant] to civil or criminal liability ... that a reasonable [person] in [the declarant's] position would not have made the statement unless [the person] believed it to be true.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Stephenson

3. “the declarant's truthfulness is so clear from the surrounding cireumstances that the test of cross-examination would be of marginal utility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Lawrence