State v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 1983
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Carroll v. United States · Draper v. United States · Henry v. United States · Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In dealing with probable cause, * * * as the very name implies, we deal with probabilities. These are not technical; they are the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act. * * * Probable cause exists where ‘the facts and circumstances within their [the arresting officers’] knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are] sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that an offense has been or is being committed.’ * ⅛ *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Children v. Burton · State v. Shane“A peace officer may make an arrest . . . without a warrant: 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the peace officer’s presence. 2. Where a public offense has in fact been committed, and the peace officer has reasonable ground for believing that the person to be arrested has committed it. 3. Where the peace officer has reasonable ground for believing that an indictable public offense has been committed and has reasonable ground for believing that, the person to be arrested has committed it. 4.Where the peace officer has received from the department of public safety, or from any other peace officer of this state or any other state or the United States an official communication by bulletin, radio, telegraph, telephone, or otherwise, informing the peace officer that a warrant has been issued and is being held for the arrest of the person to be arrested on a designated charge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Freeman
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.