Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “" '[T]he suspect must unambiguously request counsel. As we have observed, "a statement either is such an assertion of the right to counsel or it is not.". . . . [A suspect] must articulate his desire to have counsel present sufficiently clearly that a reasonable police officer in the circumstances would understand the statement to be a request for an attorney. If the statement fails to meet the requisite level of clarity, Edwards [ v. Arizona , 451 U.S. 477 , 101 S.Ct. 1880 , 68 L.Ed.2d 378 (1981)] does not require that the officers stop questioning the suspect.' "”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Berry v. State · 705 So. 2d 849 - Cothren v. State

2. “the interrogation must cease until an attorney is present only [i]f the individual states that he wants an attorney”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Berry v. State · 705 So. 2d 849 - Cothren v. State

3. “'[T]he suspect must unambiguously request counsel. As we have observed,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Berry v. State · 705 So. 2d 849 - Cothren v. State