Wiede v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

176 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 176 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Probable cause requires an evaluation of probabilities, and probabilities 'are the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marcopoulos, Andreas

2. “When determining probable cause, an appellate court considers the totality of the circumstances. This means that a 'divide-and-conquer' or piecemeal approach is prohibited.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marcopoulos, Andreas

3. “view the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court's ruling and assume that the trial court made implicit findings of fact that support its ruling....”

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