State v. Kramer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “totally divorced from the detection, investigation, or acquisition of evidence relating to the violation of a criminal statute.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Pinkard · State v. Kramer

2. “Local police officers ... frequently investigate vehicle accidents in which there is no claim of criminal liability and engage in what, for want of a better term, may be described as community caretaking functions, totally divorced from the detection, investigation, or acquisition of evidence relating to the violation of a criminal statute.”

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

3. “An action is 'reasonable' under the Fourth Amendment, regardless of the individual officer's state of mind, 'as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify [the] action.' The officer's subjective motivation is irrelevant.”

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