State v. Hyde’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

107 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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether defendant was in custody, whether he was deceived, whether his Miranda rights were honored, whether he was held incommunicado, the length of the interrogation, whether there were physical threats or shows of violence, whether promises were made to obtain the confession, the familiarity of the declarant with the criminal justice system, and the mental condition of the declarant.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Johnson · 178 N.C. App. 447 - State v. Nguyen

2. “'A ruling on a motion to sequester witnesses rests within the sound discretion of the trial court, and the court's denial of the motion will not be disturbed in the absence of a showing that the ruling was so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 261 N.C. App. 60 - State v. Hobson · 167 N.C. App. 807 - State v. Gurganious

3. “[T]he trial court's ruling should not be overturned on appeal unless the ruling was `manifestly unsupported by reason or [was] so arbitrary that it could not have been the result of a reasoned decision.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 242 N.C. App. 202 - State v. Mangum · State v. Brigman