State v. Wisdom’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the district court and this court are engaged in the same exercise: a review of the sufficiency of the affidavits submitted to the magistrate court judge in support of the affidavits in question. Under these circumstances, both the district court and this court must give those affidavits a common sense reading and determine whether the magistrate court judge was entitled to find probable cause.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williamson · State v. Williamson

2. “the ultimate question of whether the contents of the affidavit are sufficient is a conclusion of law”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gonzales · State v. Williamson

3. “All direct and circumstantial evidence alleged, as well as all reasonable inferences to be drawn from those allegations, should be considered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gonzales