State v. Zamora’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A protective sweep may be undertaken if the searching officers possess a reasonable belief based on specific and articulable facts which, taken together with the rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrants the officer in believing that the area swept harbored an individual posing a danger to the officer or others.”

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

2. “Whether a defendant has standing involves two inquiries: (1) whether the defendant had an actual, subjective expectation of privacy in the premises searched; and (2) whether the defendant's `subjective expectation [is] one that society is prepared to recognize as reasonable.'”

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

3. “Unless the district court makes findings of fact, or rejects specific uncontradicted testimony with reasons on the record, we presume the district court believed the uncontradicted evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chavarria v. Fleetwood Retail Corp.