State v. Leavitt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““On February 1, 2014, Timothy Leavitt woke up to being stabbed by an assailant in his home in Minot; he sustained serious injuries during the ensuing struggle, but was ultimately able to flee to safety. Although he was unable to positively identify his attacker, he described the assailant to authorities as ‘having a pony-tail, the same stature as his wife [Heather Leavitt].’ He described the knife used in the attack as having a black handle with metal dots and a long silver blade and noted it was identical to a set of knives he and his wife owned, which were no longer in his home, but were in his wife’s possession. He also informed officers he lived in .the house alone, he and his wife were separated, and they were sharing custody of their children. Officers observed evidence of an attack at the home and ‘bloody footprints (stocking feet)’ throughout the home and adjacent yards. A black stocking hat with darker blonde hair was found under the bed and a pony-tail band was also found in his home. “Based on the authorities’ investigation, Sergeant David Goodman applied for a search warrant to search Heather'Leav-itt’s person, home, and vehicle, and Goodman provided an affidavit in support of his application. A search warrant was issued, officers executed the warrant, and evidence was collected. During the search of Heather Leavitt’s home,officers seized her cell phone. Officers later applied for and received a warrant to search the phone’s contents. Heather Leavitt was charged w”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Leavitt v. State