State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

74 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Such a conclusion might not, however, be supportable in another case where a vehicle contains living quarters that are separate and distinct from the portion of the vehicle where the driver and passengers would ordinarily be located. In such a circumstance, the twofold rationale articulated in [ State v. ] Stroud [ 106 Wash.2d 144 , 720 P.2d 436 (1986)] would not support a conclusion that a warrantless search of living quarters in a vehicle is justified.[ [24] ]”

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

2. “In Stroud , we said that a warrantless search of certain areas within a vehicle was not justified where ... (2) there was little danger that the occupants could grab a weapon or destroy evidence located within the area. See Stroud, 106 Wash.2d at 152 , 720 P.2d 436 .”

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

3. “such broad application that it totally submerges the protections our state's founders obviously had in mind when they adopted article I, section 7 of our state constitution.”

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