347 So. 2d 569 - Moss v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Frazier's confession was not involuntary by reason of the single fact that the F.B.I. agents told him if he cooperated with them his cooperation would be made known to the United States Attorney, that there might be some consideration given by the United States Attorney but that the agents could make no promises. Standing alone this was not sufficient to establish that appellant's in-custody statement was involuntary."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 465 So. 2d 1190 - Crozier v. State · 456 So. 2d 852 - Williams v. State

2. ““Defendant contended on the trial, and appellant now insists, that a confession made by defendant was shown by the testimony, preliminary to its receipt in evidence, to have been involuntary, and that the trial court was in error in admitting it. He relies upon some statements of one of the law enforcement officers to the defendant before he confessed that if he cooperated with the law enforcement officers, his cooperation would be made known to the District Attorney. Whatever tendency such statements might ordinarily have to show an inducement that would nullify a confession as evidence, they fail to do so when considered in context with the entire circumstances and conversations at the time between defendant and the law enforcement officers, and it can be determined therefrom that the confession was voluntarily and understandingly made, and that the statements made were not a factor in bringing about the confession.””

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