State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We review the circuit court's grant or denial of a motion to suppress involving an alleged violation of a constitutionally protected right under the de novo standard of review.”

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

2. “The court's findings of fact are reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard, but we give no deference to the court's conclusions of law.”

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