Voltaire v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 2007
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mincey v. Arizona · Miller v. Fenton · Rogers v. Richmond · Blackburn v. Alabama · Spano v. People of the State of New York
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The deliberate use of deception and manipulation by the police appears to be incompatible “with a system that presumes innocence and assures that a conviction will not be secured by inquisitorial means,”... and raises serious concerns that respondent’s will was overborne.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ramirez v. State
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.