State v. Lindemuth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 54 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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Until the use of the drug as a means of procuring the truth from people under its influence is accorded general scientific recognition, we are unwilling to enlarge the already immense field where medical experts, apparently equally qualified, express such diametrically opposite views on the same facts and conditions, to the despair of the court reporter and the bewilderment of the fact finder."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Thomas · State v. Alberico

2. ““ ‘It is of interest that the 3 subjects diagnosed as normal (i. e., persons who perform adequately in their various functions, have good defenses and no highly pathological characteristics) maintained their cover stories. Of the 6 subjects diagnosed as neurotic, 2 promptly revealed the true story; 2 made- partial admissions, consisting of a complex pattern of fantasy and truth; one admitted what most likely was a fantasy as truth; and the one obsessive-compulsive individual maintained his cover story except for one para-praxia, (faulty or blundering action). We were particularly struck by the fact that G. U. and S. S., who confessed readily, had strong unconscious guilt feelings. “ ‘The fantasies under sodium amytal can be understood only in the light of intimate knowledge of the subjects’ unconscious processes. Such fantasies produced during the sodium amytal interview at times had the character of a confession as in the case of K. D., who confessed to beating the plumber, while in reality probably only the subject was beaten. Such fantasies are similar to dreams and daydreams; at times they have a highly symbolic character as in C. Y. when she spoke of the disgusting beard of a sexualized father figure, while this particular person in reality had no beard. * * * ’””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Thomas

3. ““Of course, a confession induced by a promise to an accused of a lighter sentence from a person in authority is inadmissible because involuntary. The question whether it was so induced where there is no direct promise and one must be inferred, if at all, from conflicting evidence, is still one for the jury.””

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