People v. Arroya’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a reasonable police officer in the circumstances would understand the suspect's words and conduct to mean that the suspect is asserting [his] Miranda right to cut off questioning. ...”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Jimenez · People v. Richardson

2. “the words spoken by the defendant and the interrogating officer, the officer's response to the suspect's words, the speech patterns of the suspect, the content of the interrogation, the demeanor and tone of the interrogating officer, the suspect's behavior during questioning, the point at which the suspect [allegedly] invoked the right to remain silent, and who was present during the interrogation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Jimenez · People v. Muniz

3. “By invoking ... the right to remain silent, a suspect may at any time before or during custodial interrogation cut off the questioning.... Onee a criminal suspect invokes his right to remain silent, the police must 'serupulously honor' the assertion of this right in order to comply with the Miranda doctrine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Jimenez