State v. Norman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, commonsense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the “veracity” and “basis of knowledge” of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. And the duty of a reviewing court is simply to ensure that the magistrate had a “substantial basis for ... [concluding]” that probable cause existed.”

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

2. “magistrate.” In 1979, magistrate courts were abolished and their jurisdiction transferred to the circuit courts. See B.C. Nat’l Banks v. Potts, 30 S.W.3d 220, 221 (Mo.App.2000). Thus, any use of the term”

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