State v. Salinas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendant was a passenger in an automobile stopped for erratic driving. While questioning the driver, the officer observed and recognized defendant as an individual with a known gang affiliation. Defendant appeared to be trying to hide something. Defendant was asked to step out of the car. He exited the car and consented to a search. The search revealed a defaced .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol concealed in defendant’s waistband and one quarter ounce of marijuana in a plastic bag in defendant’s shoe. Concerning the marijuana, defendant told the officer that “It’s the only way to make money.” Defendant was arrested. At jail, after being Mirandized, defendant told officers that he had been steadily selling marijuana and crack cocaine as it was the only way he knew to make money. At the time of his arrest defendant had no income or other means of support. Defendant stated that he had sold other marijuana earlier in the day and intended to sell the drugs in his shoe to a customer “on the east side of town.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Salinas

2. “Whether the court of appeals erred by reversing defendant’s conviction because it found an inadequate factual basis for his guilty plea to possession of marijuana for sale.”

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