State v. Eskridge’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Cordova held that the allegations of an informant alone cannot provide probable cause to issue a search warrant unless officers can show both (1) the reliability of the information and (2) credibility of the informant (referred to as the two prongs of the Aguilar-Spinelli test).”

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

2. “attempted plea negotiations constitute a valid reason for delay . . . involves a factual issue to be determined by the trial court under the facts and circumstances of each particular case”

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

3. “A six-month rule issue is analytically separate from a constitutional speedy trial issue,”

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