Charles v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis
610 F.2d 417 · 1979
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Doyle v. Ohio · Michigan v. Tucker · Castor v. United States
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Molded by the courage of Sir Thomas More, the Fifth Amendment's great protection of individual dignity assures the accused that he will not be forced to speak or jailed for silence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“We begin with the proposition that Doyle does not prohibit every impeachment use of a defendant’s post-arrest silence, but only those which are fundamentally unfair.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Weir v. Fletcher“the prosecutor's questions about [respondent's] post-arrest failure to tell officers the same story he told the jury violated due process”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Anderson v. Charles
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.