State v. Puig’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well-established law that a vehicle “may be searched without a warrant upon facts not justifying a warrantless search of a residence or office.” Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co., 391 U.S. 216 , 88 S.Ct. 1472 , 20 L.Ed.2d 538 (1968). The right to search, however, is dependent on “the reasonable cause the seizing officer has for belief that the contents of the automobile offend against the law.” Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 , 45 S.Ct. 280 , 69 L.Ed. 543 (1925). The exception to the requirement of a search warrant is based on the fact that “[T]he circumstances that furnish probable cause to search a particular auto for particular articles are most often unforeseeable; moreover, the opportunity to search is fleeting since a car is readily movable.” Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42 , 90 S.Ct. 1975 , 26 L.Ed.2d 419 (1970); Cardwell v. Lewis, 417 U.S. 583 , 94 S.Ct. 2464 , 41 L.Ed.2d 325 (1974).”

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