State v. Schnick’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
51 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably State v. Ervin (1992), State v. Mease (1992)
51 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Colorado v. Connelly · Oregon v. Elstad · Rideout v. United States · Michigan v. Tucker
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Fraker was the first officer to arrive at the Schnick farm. Both Fraker and Roe testified in some detail to observations made at the Schnick and Buckner homes on the day of the murders. Fraker identified photographs of the slain Buckner children. At one point Fraker apparently became somewhat emotional as he gave a description of what he saw at the Buckner home. Roe and another officer left the Schnick residence and were the first to arrive at the Buckner residence. Roe collected physical evidence from both the Schnick and Buckner homes. He related his conversation with Schnick at the hospital regarding the events leading up to the homicide. ... Fraker’s testimony established the date, location, approximate time and condition of the bodies when they were found. Fraker confirmed testimony of other persons arriving at about the same time and identified photographs of the victims. Roe not only confirmed testimony of Fraker and other officers, he added evidence establishing a hostile relationship between defendant on one hand and Julie Schnick and the Buckner family on the other. Thus, Roe’s testimony, more than any other single witness’s, established a motive for defendant to commit the homicides.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Edmonson“A judge need not make any particular formal finding. The only prerequisite is that the trial court's conclusions make unmistakably clear that the confession is voluntary. If one is informed of his right to remain silent under Miranda, and understands his right to remain silent under Miranda, and thereafter makes voluntary statements, it is absurd to say that such person has not made a knowing and intelligent waiver of his right to remain silent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Skillicorn“[T]he fact that Fraker and Roe [law enforcement officers] gave testimony that was uncontradicted, unimpeached and consistent with other testimony does not mean the weight of the testimony and credibility of the witnesses was not at issue. The credibility of witnesses and weight of evidence is always a question for the jury to decide.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Edmonson
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.