State v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After an individual has been advised of his Miranda [ 2 ] rights, no statement he makes may be used against him unless he makes a knowing, intelligent, understanding and voluntary waiver of those rights. “The test for ‘voluntariness’ is whether under the totality of the circumstances defendant was deprived of a free choice to admit, to deny, or to refuse to answer, and whether physical or psychological coercion was of such a degree that defendant’s will was overborne at the time he confessed.” State v. Lytle, 715 S.W.2d 910 (Mo. banc 1986).”

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