Weitzel v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
4
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doyle v. Ohio · Jenkins v. Anderson · United States v. Hale · Fletcher v. Weir · Dorsey v. State
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile silence in the presence of an accuser or non-threatening bystanders may indeed signify acquiescence in the truth of the accusation, a defendant's reticence in police presence is ambiguous at best.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Santiago v. State“pre-arrest silence in police presence is not admissible as substantive evidence of guilt under Maryland evidence law”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Santiago v. State“silence is the natural reaction of many people in the presence of law enforcement officers”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Santiago v. State
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.