895 So. 2d 167 - Manix v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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48 state decisions

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

1. “for a confession to be admissible it must have been given voluntarily and not given because of promises, threats or inducements. Morgan [, 681 So.2d at 86 ] (citing Chase v. State, 645 So.2d 829, 838-39 (Miss.1994)). `The prosecution shoulders the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the confession was voluntary.' Morgan, 681 So.2d at 86 (citing Haymer v. State, 613 So.2d 837, 839 (Miss.1993)). This `burden is met and a prima facie case made out by testimony of an officer, or other persons having knowledge of the facts, that the confession was voluntarily made without threats, coercion, or offer of reward.' Morgan, 681 So.2d at 87 (quoting Chase , 645 So.2d at 838 ) (quoting Cox v. State, 586 So.2d 761, 763 (Miss.1991)).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edmonds v. State · 933 So. 2d 910 - Moore v. State

2. “Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be tried no later than two hundred and seventy (270) days after the accused has been arraigned.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gray v. State · 947 So. 2d 270 - Jenkins v. State

3. “[t]he necessary time for the accused and his counsel to prepare his trial must necessarily be left largely to the sound discretion of the trial judge, bearing in mind the facts and circumstances of the particular case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · 926 So. 2d 910 - Dies v. State