State v. Duran’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the law was correctly applied to the facts, viewing them in a manner most favorable to the prevailing party; all reasonable inferences in support of the court’s decision will be indulged in, and all inferences or evidence to the contrary will be disregarded. Resolution of factual conflicts, credibility and weight of evidence is particularly a matter within the province of the trier of fact. A reviewing court is not, however, bound by a trial court’s ruling when predicated upon a mistake of law.”

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

2. “While evidence of an officer’s training and experience may be relevant to the officer’s ability to derive particularized and objective indicia of criminal activity from seemingly innocent circumstances, the State bears the burden of demonstrating that the officer’s training and experience have in fact resulted in a heightened awareness as opposed to merely reinforcing the officer’s personal biases.”

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

3. “[D]efendants have the burden to raise an issue as to their illegal search and seizure claims. Once they have done so, the burden shifts to the [S]tate to justify the warrantless search [or seizure].”

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