Harris v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An anonymous tip has a relatively low degree of reliability, requiring more information to sufficiently corroborate the information contained in the tip. “Unlike a tip from a known informant whose reputation can be assessed and who can be held responsible if her allegations turn out to be fabricated, ‘an anonymous tip alone seldom demonstrates the informant’s basis of knowledge or veracity’.”.... An anonymous call that provides no predictive information leaves the police without a means to test the tipster’s knowledge or credibility. Id., 695-96 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Tucker · Sidney v. Com.

2. “[A]n officer's subjective characterization of observed conduct is not relevant to a court's analysis concerning whether there is a reasonable suspicion because the Court's review of whether there was reasonable suspicion involves application of an objective rather than a subjective standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Jones v. Com.

3. “The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that `the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 58 Va. App. 107 - Foltz v. Commonwealth