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Cates v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1987

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
November 1989
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 265th Judicial District Court)

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Rhode Island v. Innis · Estelle v. Smith · Mathis v. United States · People v. Arnold

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. “was not acting as an agent of law enforcement during her conversation with appellant; therefore, appellant's admissions to [Vatsis] did not stem from custodial interrogation. Consequently, there was no need for the requirements of article 38.22 or Miranda to be met prior to admission of her testimony. See Paez, 681 S.W.2d at 38 .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “an agent of law enforcement pursuant to a police practice,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.