State v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2 district · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently September 2024 · most notably State v. Van Kirk (2001), State v. Olson (2003)
2 district · 57 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Gopher · State v. Lee · State v. Schoffner · State v. Ribera · State v. McDole
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[pjrobable cause to arrest is established if the facts and circumstances within an officer’s personal knowledge, or related to the officer by a reliable source, are sufficient to warrant a reasonable person to believe that someone is committing or has committed an offense. [¶]... ] Probable cause is evaluated in light of a trained law enforcement officer’s knowledge, taking into account all the relevant circumstances. [¶]... ] Furthermore, although not requiring evidence sufficient to prove a person’s guilt, probable cause cannot be established based on an officer’s mere suspicion of criminal activity.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Sees · State v. Killeagle“any person who by virtue of the person's office or public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order and makes arrests for offenses while acting within the scope of the person's authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Reiner“A peace officer may arrest a person when a warrant has not been issued if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person is committing an offense . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Sees
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.