Brancaccio v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) the manner in which the police administered Miranda rights, (b) the juvenile's age, experience, education, background and intelligence, (c) whether the juvenile had an opportunity to speak with his/her parents before confessing, and (d) whether the juvenile executed a written waiver of the Miranda rights prior to making the confession.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hodge v. State · J.P. v. State

2. “The issue as to whether police have complied with the parental notification statute was a legal question for the court in deciding whether to permit the confession to be adduced as evidence before the jury.”

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

3. “Ultimately the question whether a [consent to search] is voluntary presents a legal issue to an appellate court, one that is determined de novo under federal constitutional principles.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 984 So. 2d 592 - Luna-Martinez v. State