State v. Seglen’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. “We will defer to a trial court's findings of fact in the disposition of a motion to suppress. Conflicts in testimony will be resolved in favor of affirmance, as we recognize the trial court is in a superior position to assess credibility of witnesses and weigh the evidence. Generally, a trial court's decision to deny a motion to suppress will not be reversed if there is sufficient competent evidence capable of supporting the trial court's findings, and if its decision is not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Olson · State v. Torkelsen

2. “Recognized exceptions include: consensual searches, stop and frisk searches, hot pursuit , border searches, and airport and courthouse searches.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Bismarck v. Brekhus

3. “[w]arrantless searches are unreasonable unless they fall within a recognized exception to the requirement for a search warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Bismarck v. Brekhus