Hammon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 36 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is such that it is difficult to perceive how such a statement could ever be”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. State · State v. Staten

2. “[plreliminary questions asked at the seene of a crime shortly after it has occurred do not rise to the level of an 'interrogation.' Such an unstructured interaction between officer and witness bears no resemblance to a formal or informal police inquiry that is required for a police interrogation as that term is used in Crawford.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rogers v. State · Spencer v. State

3. “"Interrogation” is defined in one common English dictionary as "To examine by questioning formally or officially.” The American Heritage College Dictionary 711 (3d ed. 2000). This is consistent with our prior observation that the common characteristic of all "testimonial” statements is the formality by which they are produced. We also believe that "interrogation” carries with it a connotation of an at least slightly adversarial setting. See Roget’s Thesaurus II 556 (Expanded ed. 1988) (listing as first definition of "interrogate” as "To question thoroughly and relentlessly to verify facts: interrogate the captured soldier.”).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fowler v. State · Hammon v. State