State v. Brewer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

236 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 242 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In deciding whether a defendant's confession is involuntarily induced, the court should consider the totality of the circumstances, including the age, mentality, and prior criminal experience of the accused; the length, intensity, and frequency of interrogation; the existence of physical deprivation or mistreatment; and the existence of threat or inducement.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Patterson, Unpublished Decision (3-24-2006) · State v. White

2. ““(1) [T]he length of time between the giving of the first warnings and subsequent interrogation, * * * (2) whether the warnings and the subsequent interrogation were given in the same or different places, * * * (3) whether the warnings were given and the subsequent interrogation conducted by the same or different officers, * * * (4) the extent to which the subsequent statement differed from any previous statements; * * * [and] (5) the apparent intellectual and emotional state of the suspect.””

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

3. “Obviously, it is in the court's best interest to properly record its proceedings the first time around, preferably through the use of a court stenographer. * * * `The minimal effort needed to comply with [Juv.R. 37(A)] is far outweighed by the expense, in time and taxpayer money, of retrying a [permanent custody] case.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Cs Js, Unpublished Decision (11-17-2004)