People v. Trujillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 35 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The time, the place and purpose of the encounter; the persons present during the interrogation; the words spoken by the officer to the defendant; the officer’s tone of voice and general demeanor; the length and mood of the interrogation; whether any limitation of movement or other form of restraint was placed on the defendant during the interrogation; the officer’s response to any questions asked by the defendant; whether directions were given to the defendant during the interrogation; and the defendant’s verbal or nonverbal response to such directions.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Trujillo · People v. Fury

2. “adequately supported by competent evidence.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. LaFrankie · People v. Jordan

3. “a reasonable person in the suspect's position would consider himself deprived of his freedom of action in a significant way during a police interrogation in which the suspect was exposed to the risk of self-incrimination.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. in the Interest of J.D. · People v. Probasco