State v. Ortega’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'when the offense is committed in the presence of the officer.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Of Washington v. Blayne Michael Perez · 191 Wash. 2d 774 - State v. Yelovich

2. “although the state of the law prior to the adoption of a statute must be considered when construing the legislative intent, 'where, as here, a statute is plain and unambiguous, it must be construed in conformity to its obvious meaning without regard to the previous state of the common law.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 191 Wash. 2d 774 - State v. Yelovich

3. “The fellow officer rule, also known as the police team rule, allows a court to consider the cumulative knowledge of police officers in determining whether there was probable cause to arrest a suspect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Of Washington v. Blayne Michael Perez