State v. Murillo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the [person] acted under the control of his private employer; (2) whether the [person's] actions clearly related to his private employer's private purposes; (3) whether the search was conducted as a legitimate means of protecting the employer's private property; and (4) whether the methods and manner of the search were reasonable and no more intrusive then necessary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Brooks · State v. Santiago

2. “The courts of New Mexico, like other jurisdictions, have accepted the long-standing rule that the protections of the Fourth Amendment do not apply to private individuals acting for their own purposes.”

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

3. “[s]ecurity personnel hired to protect private business premises are performing traditional police functions when they arrest, question, and search for evidence against criminal suspects.”

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