State v. Bradberry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Probable cause exists if the person of ordinary caution would be justified in believing that what is sought will be found in the place to be searched and that what is sought, if not contraband or fruits or implements of a crime, will aid in a particular apprehension or conviction. To obtain a search warrant, the police must show that at the time of the application for the warrant there is a substantial likelihood of finding the items sought; they need not establish with certainty, or even beyond a reasonable doubt, that the search will lead to the desired result.”

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

2. ““[R]ecognizing the renewed vigor of State constitutional analysis, see Abrahamson, Criminal Law and State Constitutions: The Emergence of State Constitutional Law, 63 Tex. L. Rev. 1141 ,1144-48 (1985), [we] . .. choose to follow our own path through the labyrinth of search and seizure law. Although [certain] words . . . [may] be borrowed from the United States Supreme Court, their interpretation and content [is] for this court in construing part I, article 19.””

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

3. ““‘necessarily must reflect the contextual, commonsensical, and fact-based nature of any probable cause determination. In addition, another basic principle to which we adhere is the preference which we accord warrants, and the deference which we afford magistrates, especially in close cases.’””

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