Ex Parte McReynolds’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The United States Supreme Court has held that for purposes of determining whether a person is in `custody,' `the ultimate inquiry is simply whether there is a”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gibbons v. State · 867 So. 2d 361 - Hunter v. State

2. “of the degree associated with a formal arrest.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gibbons v. State · 867 So. 2d 361 - Hunter v. State

3. “There is a distinction between “resisting arrest” and “escape from custody.” One cannot escape from custody until one is in custody____[T]he arrest must be completed for a person to be in custody. The very fact that the legislature created the two separate and distinct offenses of “escape from custody” and “resisting arrest” requires this differentiation between the two offenses.”

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