Berry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
February 1989
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Elrod v. State · 375 So. 2d 1271 - Jackson v. State · 348 So. 2d 1092 - Arnold v. State · Hagendorfer v. State · Hall 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the mere fact that an appellant is `functionally illiterate' or simpleminded will not vitiate the `voluntariness' of his confession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.