State v. Siegfried’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 26 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is not enough that the affidavit states in a conclusory fashion that [an informant] is credible or reliable. Rather, the affidavit must provide the [issuing judge] with adequate information from which [the judge] can personally assess the informant’s credibility. This is often done by showing that the informant has a track record, e. g., by showing that in the past the information he has given the police has been accurate.”

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

2. “Basically, the approach that is required by [Aguilar] is the so-called two-pronged analysis. That is, when a determination must be made whether there is or was probable cause to arrest or search partly on the basis of hearsay information, one must determine the reliability of the manner in which the informant obtained his information and the credibility of the informant or the reliability of his information. After measuring the informant’s report against these standards in order to assess its probative value, the determination then can be made whether there is or was probable cause to arrest or search.”

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