Cherrone v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(A) [the parent] knowingly and voluntarily waives the right; (B) [the parent] has no interest adverse to the child; (C) meaningful consultation has occurred between [the parent] and the child; and (D) the child knowingly and voluntarily joins with the waiver [.]”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. JDP v. State · Parker v. State

2. “actual consultation of a meaningful nature or ... the express opportunity for such consultation, which is then forsaken in the presence of the proper authority by the juvenile, so long as the juvenile knowingly and voluntarily waives his constitutional rights.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.W. v. State · As v. State

3. “[t]he meaningful consultation requirement of the statute is a matter peculiar to juvenile waivers; it is a safeguard additional to those requirements common to adult waivers—that they be knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.W. v. State · As v. State