State v. Decker’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably State v. Hess (2004), State v. Valenzuela (1979)
2 federal appellate · 43 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. United States · Ker v. State of California · Hoffa v. United States · Vale v. Louisiana · People v. Marshall
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Even if the smell of burned marijuana has a lingering effect, as is urged, we think that a man of reasonable prudence, upon smelling the odor of burned marijuana, would believe that marijuana is probably present. The odor of burned marijuana provides a rational inference that marijuana is likely in the process of still being burned.” 119 Ariz. at 197-98, 580 P.2d at 335-36.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brunson v. State · State v. Reuben“[T]here existed a strong probability of imminent destruction of the marijuana. The smell in this case alone indicated the contraband was being destroyed. The delay necessary to obtain a warrant could mean that the marijuana would have been completely destroyed. We find that there is here an exigent circumstance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mendez v. People““A peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person: 1. When he has probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and probable cause to believe the person to be arrested has committed the felony.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Valenzuela
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.