Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2/13/1981
State v. Theriault
Citations
- 425 A.2d 986
- 1981 Me. LEXIS 737
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- officer stated that “‘it would be better to tell us [the truth]/ that ‘it would make [the defendant] feel better/ and that ‘people would think more of him if he got it off his chest’ ” (first alteration in original)
- exhortations to tell the truth do not render a defendant's statements involuntary
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Judges: McKusick, Wer-Nick, Godfrey, Nichols, Roberts
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31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. TrueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-12-17· cited 231×
- State v. Chong ChungSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-01-13· cited 77×
- State v. CaouetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-06-23· cited 74×
- State v. BleylSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-09-29· cited 73×
- State v. SawyerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-06-13· cited 57×
- State v. NadeauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2010-07-29· cited 57×
- State v. DionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2007-07-12· cited 46×
- State of Maine v. Timothy M. HuntSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2016-11-29· cited 36×
- State v. McCarthySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2003-03-24· cited 33×
- State v. LibbySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-10-15· cited 23×
- State v. WhiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-05-24· cited 22×
- State v. DurepoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-02-28· cited 21×
- State v. MichaudSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-05-02· cited 21×
- State v. McKenneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-04-29· cited 19×
- State v. Van SickleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-08-21· cited 18×
- State v. SimmonsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-10-16· cited 16×
- State v. HutchinsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-10-17· cited 15×
- State v. AlbertSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-03-16· cited 13×
- State v. ColeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-05-22· cited 10×
- State v. GosselinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-08-02· cited 9×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. CollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1972-12-08· cited 176×
- State v. LagasseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-01-24· cited 88×
- State v. FlickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-01-26· cited 58×
- State v. TardiffSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1977-06-20· cited 57×
- Turpin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court· 1980-02-22· cited 49×
- State v. TillerySupreme Court of Kansas· 1980-03-01· cited 44×
- Daniel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-06-22· cited 36×
- State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-05-28· cited 31×
- People v. WischemannCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1979-06-18· cited 22×
- State v. AsheSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-02-04· cited 13×
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