State v. Pluth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * It cannot be said that a criminal offense is committed in the presence of an officer, unless the acts constituting the offense become known to him at the time they are committed through his sense of sight or through other senses. Although a person may actually be committing a criminal offense, it is not committed in the presence of an officer within the meaning of the statute, if the officer does not know it. And, where the officer could not observe nor become cognizant of the act constituting the offense by the use of his senses, it could not be committed in his presence so as to authorize an arrest without a warrant.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Henderson · State v. Baysinger

2. ““A peace officer may, without warrant, arrest a person: “(1) For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; “(2) When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence; “(3) When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Hubbard · State v. Dax

3. ““The crime charged against defendant is punishable only by a fine and imprisonment in the county jail and therefore is not a felony under our statute.””

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