State v. Thompson’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. “the defendants difficulties communicating with counsel and the court and his foreign cultural background as suggestive of a lack of true understanding of the significance of his conduct while with [the interviewing police officer]. In addition, there is no indication that he was at all familiar with interrogation procedures.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 2733 - State v. Hall, No. Cr 509652 (Mar. 2, 1999)

2. “The most that we can find is the silence of the defendant, which cannot be the sole basis of a finding of waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 Conn. Super. Ct. 2733 - State v. Hall, No. Cr 509652 (Mar. 2, 1999)