440 So. 2d 129 - State v. Benoit’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
159 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 159 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably State v. Weiland (1990), State v. Hernandez (1987)
159 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Brown v. Illinois · Massie v. Sumner · State v. Haarala · 404 So. 2d 466 - State v. Lindsey
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 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Before the state may introduce a confession into evidence, it must be affirmatively shown that it was freely and voluntarily given. Whether such a showing has been made is analyzed on a case by case basis with regard to the facts and circumstances of each case. Where the accused is in custody, a prerequisite to admissibility of a confession is the advising of the accused of his constitutional rights and his intelligent waiver of those rights. The trial court's determination that a statement was free and voluntary is entitled to great weight and will not be disturbed unless it is not supported by the evidence." (Citations omitted).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Williams · State v. Guidry“A motion for continuance, if timely filed, may be granted, in the discretion of the court, in any case if there is good ground therefor.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The critical factor is whether the defendant was able to understand the rights explained to him and voluntarily give a statement.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hahn · State v. Smith
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.