483 So. 2d 97 - State v. Kettering’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a confession, in order to be admissible must be free and voluntary; that is, must not be extracted by any sort of threats or violence, nor obtained by any direct or implied promises however slight, nor by the exertion of any improper influence... . A confession can never be received by any threat or promise; for the law cannot measure the force of the influence used, or decide upon its effect upon the mind of the prisoner, and therefore excludes the declaration if any degree of influence has been exerted.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. RM · State v. R.M.

2. “of the confession within the meaning of the federal due process clause. However, in the instant case, we deal with the state right to due process under Article I, Section 9, of the Florida Constitution. Appellant further claims that the involuntariness of the first confession tainted the subsequent confession to the police officer. Generally, where it is established that the initial confession was involuntary, the coercion is presumed to continue”

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