State v. Dennis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he ultimate question of whether a confession was given voluntarily is legal in nature, and this Court undertakes a de novo review of questions of law and mixed questions of law and fact insofar as those issues involve constitutional issues.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hasim Munir · State v. Barros

2. “Humane Practice Rule requires that judge and jury make separate and independent determinations of vol-untariness * * Id. at 262 . In other words, the Humane Practice Rule provides that any statement of a criminal defendant”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Robert Burnham · State v. Barros

3. “may not serve as a basis for conviction unless both judge and jury determine that it was voluntarily made.”

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