State v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 25 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[It] must be made on the basis of all facts and circumstances, including the behavior of the defendant and the behavior of the interrogators, and the ultimate test ‘is whether the defendant’s statements were the “product of his free and rational choice” * * * or the result of coercion that had overcome the defendant’s will at the time he confessed.’ ” State v. Torres, 787 A.2d 1214, 1224-25 (R.I.2002) (quoting State v. Briggs, 756 A.2d 731, 738 (R.I.2000)).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Forbes · State v. Girard

2. “"Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that the person acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, absence of mistake or accident, or to prove that defendant feared imminent bodily harm and that the fear was reasonable.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rios