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← 48 ALAAPP 143 - Watts v. State

Watts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1972

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
December 1974
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · 17 Ala. App. 674 - Dennison v. State · 34 Ala. App. 253 - Williams v. State · 37 Ala. App. 526 - Vandiver v. State · 45 Ala. App. 549 - Green 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. ““The Miranda opinion itself does not place explanation of this subsequent right to cease answering questions as being an integral part of the required initial warnings requisite to a valid waiver. We note that in the opinion, the following two excerpts are couched in terms of when interrogation, once begun, must stop: “ ‘ * * * Likewise, if the individual is alone and indicates in any manner that he does not wish to be interrogated, the police may not question him. The mere fact that he may have answered some questions or volunteered some statements on his own does not deprive him of the right to refrain from answering any further inquiries until he has consulted with an attorney and thereafter consents to be questioned. “ ‘Once warnings have been given, the subsequent procedure is clear. If the individual indicates in any manner, at any time prior to or during questioning, that he wishes to remain silent, the interrogation must cease. * * [Italics added; footnote omitted]””
    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.