State v. Wheless’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “both men had been occupants of the moving vehicle just a few minutes prior to the arrest [and] the vehicle itself was directly connected to the probable cause determination supporting the arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Wheless

2. “operation near the Hook, Line and Sinker tavern on Rainier Avenue. Working undercover, Officer Joseph Pioli made contact with Wheless in the tavern's parking lot and asked Wheless for”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Wheless

3. “a risk that evidence remained in the car [and] that important evidence was getting further and further from the scene in the hands of the woman.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Wheless