State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[the reviewing judicial officer's] action cannot be a mere ratification of the bare conclusions of others.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Barnaby · State v. Mosley

2. “test set forth in Illinois v. Gates (1983), 462 U.S. 213 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 , 76 L.Ed.2d 527 . The task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before [the magistrate], including the”

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

3. “of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. [T]he duty of the reviewing court is to ensure the magistrate had a”

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