835 So. 2d 112 - Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Any statement given freely and voluntarily without any compelling influences is, of course, admissible in evidence. The fundamental import of the privilege [against self-incrimination] while an individual is in custody is not whether he is allowed to talk to the police without the benefit of warnings and counsel, but whether he can be interrogated. Volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the Fifth Amendment.”

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

2. “[b]ecause the Strickland decision is a plurality decision on the point of whether a bifurcated trial is required, it has no precedential value.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 881 So. 2d 316 - Ward v. State

3. “Consequently, in addition to lacking merit, this issue is also procedurally barred from review by this Court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 881 So. 2d 316 - Ward v. State