Green v. Scully’s Empirical Analysis
850 F.2d 894 · 1988
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 4 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Tankleff v. Da Senkowski (1998), State v. Lawrence (2007)
27 federal appellate · 4 district · 11 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Brady v. United States · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Mincey v. Arizona
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No single criterion controls whether an accused's confession is voluntary: whether a confession was obtained by coercion is determined only after careful evaluation of the totality of the surrounding circumstances.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[any] repeated and prolonged nature of the questioning or the failure to inform the accused of his constitutional rights...; whether there was physical mistreatment such as beatings...; or long restraint in handcuffs, and whether other physical deprivations occurred such as depriving an accused of food, water or sleep...; or even of clothing. ...”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A reading of our own decisions reveals that the presence of a direct or implied promise of help or leniency alone has not barred the admission of a confession where the totality of the circumstances indicates it was the product of a free and independent decision____ Other circuits also conclude that promises do not require an analysis separate from or different than the totality of circumstances rule____ Thus, the inquiry in each case is whether such a promise overbears a suspect’s will, as the promise of leniency did in Bram , either alone or in conjunction with other factors.” (Citations omitted).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.