State v. Kelly’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An appellate court, however, independently reviews the trial court's legal conclusions based on those facts and determines, without deference to the trial court's decision, whether as a matter of law, the facts satisfy the appropriate legal standard.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Allen · State v. McCullough

2. “The operator of a motor vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley shall not follow another vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley, and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.”

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

3. “where a police officer stops a vehicle based on probable cause that a traffic violation has occurred or was occurring, the -4- Warren CA2014-03-048 stop is not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution * * *.”

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