955 So. 2d 90 - State v. Blank’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
95 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently November 2020 · most notably 985 So. 2d 234 - State v. Jones (2008), 975 So. 2d 753 - State v. Gullette (2008)
95 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Wong Sun v. United States · Jackson v. Denno
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court’s finding as to the free and voluntary nature of a statement carries great weight and will not be disturbed unless not supported by evidence. State v. Benoit, 440 So.2d 129, 131 (La.1983); State v. English, 582 So.2d 1358, 1364 (La.App. 2nd Cir.1991), writ denied, 584 So.2d 1172 (La.1991). Credibility determinations lie within the sound discretion of the trial court and its rulings will not be disturbed unless clearly contrary to the evidence. [State v. Vessell, 450 So.2d 938, 943 (La.1984) ].”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a mild exhortation to tell the truth, or a remark that if the defendant cooperates the officer will `do what he can' or `things will go easier,' will not negate the voluntary nature of a confession.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In Louisiana, a defendant must use one of his peremptory challenges curatively to remove the juror, thus reducing his remaining peremptory challenges, or waive any complaint on appeal.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Holder · State v. Breaux
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.