State v. George’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 details of the interrogation; duration of the interrogation; location of the interrogation; whether the interrogation was custodial; the recitation of Miranda warnings; the number of officers involved; the persistence of the officers; police trickery; threats, promises or inducements made to the defendant; and the defendant’s age, physical and mental health, emotional stability, and conduct.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State of Maine v. Michael R. McNaughton · State of Maine v. Timothy M. Hunt

2. “1. A person is guilty of criminal conspiracy if, with the intent that conduct be performed that in fact would constitute a crime or crimes, the actor agrees with one or more others to engage in or cause the performance of the conduct and the most serious crime that is the object of the conspiracy is: A. Murder. Violation of this paragraph is a Class A crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Williams

3. “1. A person is guilty of murder if the person: A. Intentionally or knowingly causes the death of another human being.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Williams