State v. Monteer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The court noted in Jackson v. Denno, supra, 378 U.S. 378 , fn. 8, 84 S.Ct. at 1781 , that in jurisdictions following the Massachusetts rule, “the record will show the judge’s conclusion in this regard (volun-tariness) and his findings upon the underlying facts may be express or ascertainable from the record.” In Sims v. Georgia, 385 U.S. 538, 544 , 87 S.Ct. 639, 643 , 17 L.Ed.2d 593 , the court stated the duty of the trial court as follows: “Although the judge need not make formal findings of fact or write an opinion, his conclusion that the confession is voluntary must appear from the record with unmistakable clarity.” State v. Montear, supra, 467 S.W.2d at 51 .”

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