Pharr v. Gudmanson’s Empirical Analysis

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15 federal appellate · 1 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he totality of all the surrounding circumstances-both the characteristics of the accused and the details of the interrogation. Some of the factors taken into account have included the youth of the accused; his lack of education; or his low intelligence; the lack of. any advice to the accused of his constitutional rights; the length of detention; the repeated and prolonged nature of the questioning; and the use of physical punishment such as the deprivation of food or sleep. In all of these cases, the Court determined the factual circumstances surrounding the comicssion, assessed the psychological impact on the accused, and evaluated the legal significance of how the accused reacted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lord v. Duckworth · United States v. Montgomery

2. “the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fisher v. Jw Fairman · Kenneth Fisher v. J.W. Fairman

3. “[heading the defendant to believe that he or she will receive lenient treatment when this is quite unlikely is improper,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lord v. Duckworth