State v. Chippero’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n appellate court's role is not to determine anew whether there was probable cause for issuance of the warrant, but rather, whether there is evidence to support the finding made by the warrant-issuing judge.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of New Jersey v. Robert L. Evans · State of New Jersey v. Julian B. Hamlett

2. “-that a felony has been committed by the person to be arrested. * Although it would appear that the conclusions which justify either arrest or the issuance of a search warrant must be supported by evidence of the same degree of probity, it is clear that the conclusions themselves are not identical . [ Ibid. (emphases added) (quoting 2 Wayne R. LaFave, Search & Seizure § 3.1(b) at 9-10 (4th ed. 2004) (footnotes omitted) ).] Ultimately, we determined that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Boone

3. “[T]he probable cause determination must be ... based on the information contained within the four corners of the supporting affidavit, as supplemented by sworn testimony before the issuing judge that is recorded contemporaneously.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Boone