1 Wash. App. 415 - State v. Isham’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
February 1984
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brinegar v. United States · 65 Wash. 2d 808 - State v. Darst · 72 Wash. 2d 264 - State v. Bellows · 56 Wash. 2d 368 - State v. Smith
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A law officer may lawfully arrest without a warrant if he has probable cause to believe that the person he arrests has committed a felony.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“As a dog worries a bone, courts in countless cases have semanticized the words “probable cause.” A consensus description of the nature of the problem is fairly stated in 5 Am. Jur. 2d Arrest § 48 (1962): The existence of “probable cause,” justifying an arrest without a warrant, is determined by factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act. It is a pragmatic question to be determined in each case in the light of the particular circumstances and the particular offense involved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.