State v. Maranda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

121 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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]here must be some proof, not necessarily direct and positive, usually but circumstantial, tending to prove the fact that a crime was committed.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Morgan · State v. Edinger, Unpublished Decision (3-30-2006)

2. ““This doctrine touching corpus delicti is of ancient •origin and was born out of great caution by the courts, in consideration of certain cases of homicide wherein it had turned out that by reason of a failure of the government to prove the death of the person charged as having been murdered it so happened that such person sometimes survived the person accused as his murderer. Therefore, the rule that there must be some evidence tending to prove the fact that death had actually ensued; which was later followed by an additional requirement of some evidence that that death was brought about by some criminal agency.””

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

3. “[A]n extrajudicial confession is not sufficient in and of itself to sustain a conviction of a crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sibley, Unpublished Decision (12-28-2007)