State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the character of the criminal activity under investigation, i.e., discrete crime or regenerating conspiracy; (2) the character of the accused, i.e., nomadic or entrenched; (3) the character of the thing to be seized, i.e., whether it is perishable or easily transferable; and (4) the place to be searched, i.e., forum of convenience or operational base.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bilynsky

2. “viewed the images in late January or early February” but did not state the year. Id. at 704 . The Court disagreed, noting that ”[a]though the affidavit does not state the year, the court’s determination was based on a reasonable inference.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sisson v. State

3. “Probable cause exists when, based on the totality of the circumstances, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Maine v. Christopher W. Roy