State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

61 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[U]nder Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution, 'a criminal defendant is entitled to bring a motion to suppress evidence obtained in an unlawful search and seizure if he has a proprietary, possessory or participatory interest in either the place searched or the property seized.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nathan Shaw State v. Keon L. Bolden (078247) (Monmouth County and Statewide) · 415 N.J. Super. 475 - State v. Minitee

2. “the urgency of the situation, the time it will take to secure a warrant, the seriousness of the crime under investigation, and the threat that evidence will be destroyed or lost or that the physical well-being of people will be endangered unless immediate action is taken,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Zalcberg · In re Interest of J.A.

3. “`within one of the few well-delineated exceptions to the warrant requirement,'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Marshall · State v. Zalcberg