State v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[n]otwithstanding the error in the address ..., the warrant described [the defendant]'s apartment with reasonable certainty and particularity.”

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

2. ““Constitutional requirements relating to searches are satisfied in these cases if the warrant describes the premises to be searched with reasonable certainty, and a technical description is unnecessary. * * *” People v. Watson, 26 Ill.2d 203 , 186 N.E.2d 326, 327 (1962), cited in State v. Morgan, 120 Ariz. 2, 3 , 583 P.2d 889, 890 (1978).”

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

3. “if the property is sufficiently recognizable from the description to enable the officer [executing the warrant] to locate the premises with definiteness and certainty”

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