State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 23 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'more than a mere suspicion of guilt,' but 'less evidence than is needed to convict at trial.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of New Jersey v. Amed Ingram · State v. Dickerson

2. “[F]or an arrest, 'there must be probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and that the person sought to be arrested committed the offense.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of New Jersey v. Amed Ingram · State v. Dickerson

3. “Absent exigent circumstances or consent, the police must obtain a warrant to conduct an arrest inside a home.”

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