State v. Florez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The purpose of the operation was to identify and arrest midlevel cocaine dealers in the New York metropolitan area, who were interested in purchasing large quantities of cocaine at wholesale prices. Many of these dealers were believed to reside outside of Somerset County. The present case involves a transaction that was negotiated in defendant's home county of Union and finalized in Somerset County. The role of regular law enforcement personnel was to act as backup surveillance to arrest the buyers when a sale with the”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Florez · 261 N.J. Super. 12 - State v. Florez

2. “The suggestion that defendants need the true name and address of CI to enable defendants' investigators to inquire into his background is without merit. This information is neither relevant nor admissible. His credibility can be impeached only by evidence of his prior conviction of crime (there are none) or, as exists here, by showing that he has a pending criminal charge and his testimony could be tainted by his hope or expectation of a favorable recommendation from this prosecutor. Defendants already have this information. One does not have to be a "rocket scientist" to appreciate that knowledge of CI's true name and address will be of only "peripheral assistance" to defendants and is more apt to frighten and terrorize CI and his family into believing that their lives will be in jeopardy if CI continues to cooperate with the State. [ 248 N.J. Super. at 63 [ 589 A. 2d 1382 ].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 N.J. Super. 98 - State v. Postorino

3. “The State agreed that, if the services of Cl resulted in an arrest, he would receive a fee for his services of 10% of all cash seized up to $100,000, and 15% in excess of $100,000. Cl has been enormously successful. As the result of his efforts 13 indictments have been returned against 27 defendants and cash of about $1,300,000, generally in $5, $10, $20 and $100 bills, has been seized. Consequently, Cl has earned over $130,000.”

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