Lopez v. Cronin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The requirement [that a judicial determination of probable cause occur be fore a fugitive can be extradited from Colorado] is satisfied if the trial court finds either that probable cause exists or that the demanding state has made a finding of probable cause. The trial court in the instant case held that the judge in [the demanding state] had found probable cause.... But the record is devoid of support for the trial court’s conclusion. “However, our requirement is also met if probable cause is in fact established by the extradition papers. Here, the affidavits filed in support of extradition establish probable cause.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lutrell v. Williams