State v. Coats’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A. If a party in a criminal proceeding seeks to exclude evidence from the trier of fact because of the conduct of a peace officer in obtaining the evidence, the proponent of the evidence may urge that the peace officer's conduct was taken in a reasonable, good faith belief that the conduct was proper and that the evidence discovered should not be kept from the trier of fact if otherwise admissible. B. The trial court shall not suppress evidence which is otherwise admissible in a criminal proceeding if the court determines that the evidence was seized by a peace officer as a result of a good faith mistake or technical violation. C. In this section: 1. "Good faith mistake" means a reasonable judgmental error concerning the existence of facts which if true would be sufficient to constitute probable cause. 2. "Technical violation" means a reasonable good faith reliance upon: ..... (b) A warrant which is later invalidated due to a good faith mistake.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Evans · State v. Mixton

2. “both within the power of the legislature to enact and offends neither the state nor federal constitutions.”

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

3. “recognition that the judiciary ought not be involved in exploiting violations of the basic law.”

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