Snead v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order for a court to determine that a suspect is in custody, it must be evident under the totality of the circumstances that a reasonable person in the suspect’s position would feel a restraint on his or her freedom of movement. In other words, a reasonable person in the position of the person being interviewed would not feel free to leave or to terminate an encounter with the police. See Bedoya v. State, 779 So.2d 574 (Fla. 5th DCA), review denied, 797 So.2d 584 (Fla.2001). A trial court should consider four factors in determining whether an interrogation is custodial: (1) the manner in which police summon the suspect for questioning; (2) the purpose,'place, and manner of the interrogation; (3) the extent to which the suspect is confronted with evidence of his or her guilt; and (4) whether the suspect is informed that he or she is free to leave the place of questioning. See [Ramirez v. State, 739 So.2d at 573 (Fla.1999)]. Thus, the court must use an objective test to determine whether an individual is in custody. The proper inquiry is hot the unarticu-lated plan of the law enforcement officers, but rather how a reasonable person in the suspect’s position would have perceived the situation.”

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

2. “(1) the manner in which police summon the suspect for questioning; (2) the purpose, place, and manner of the interrogation; (3) the extent to which the suspect is confronted with evidence of his or her guilt; (4) whether the suspect is informed that he or she is free to leave the place of questioning.”

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