State v. Ingram’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence which is obtained as a result of an unconstitutional search or seizure may be suppressed under the `exclusionary rule.'”

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

2. “It is well-established doctrine that a police officer, in an encounter with a citizen, may conduct a protective search, known as a Terry [v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 24 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968)] search, to ensure that the individual is not armed.”

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

3. “[T]he exclusionary rule encompasses both the 'primary evidence obtained as a direct result of an illegal search or seizure' and ... 'evidence later discovered and found to be derivative of an illegality,' the so-called 'fruit of the poisonous tree.'”

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