Moore v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The bank-informant described at least one of the instruments used to fund the account as a “computer genei'ated check”.... [I]t is known from this fact alone that a computer was used to make the instrument. It was highly likely that Mooi-e used a computer or similar machine in the secrecy of his home. Thus, such a description of the instrument and the cei'tainty that Moore was passing the instruments gave information that provided a nexus between the crime and the place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Beckam v. Commonwealth · Elders v. Commonwealth

2. “in a commonsense, rather than hypertechnical, manner.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elders v. Commonwealth · Applegate v. Commonwealth

3. “Considering all of the circumstances, including information known to the police officer and not set forth in the affidavit, it is readily apparent that the officer acted in good faith and in accordance with the [good-faith] exception.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. Com.