State v. Hess’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated . . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kenneth M. Sobczak · 356 Wis. 2d 343 - County of Grant v. Daniel A. Vogt

2. “[t]he bench warrant civil that the court issued was void ab initio because it did not comply with any statute authorizing the court to issue a warrant. It was defective on its face because it was a civil warrant in a criminal case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 383 Wis. 2d 306 - State v. Christopher John Kerr

3. “were not technical irregularities or errors of judgment: The defendant's failure to cooperate with the agent in preparing a PSI was not a crime. It did not violate a court order, and it did not violate a condition of his bond.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 383 Wis. 2d 306 - State v. Christopher John Kerr