State v. Conn’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Sec. 8. K.S.A. 22-2501, as repealed by 2006 Senate Bill No. 366, is hereby revived and amended to read as follows: 22-2501. When a lawful arrest is effected a law enforcement officer may reasonably search the person arrested and the area within such person’s immediate presence for the purpose of (a) Protecting the officer from attack; (b) Preventing the person from escaping; or (c) Discovering the fruits, instrumentalities, or evidence of the a crime.” L. 2006, ch. 211, sec. 8.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Daniel · 41 Kan. App. 2d 140 - State v. Davison

2. ““ ‘Kansas has previously recognized several exceptions to the Fourth Amendment search warrant requirement: consent; search incident to a lawful arrest; stop and frisk; probable cause to search accompanied by exigent circumstances, of which hot pursuit is one example; tire emergency doctrine; inventory searches; plain view; and administrative searches of closely regulated businesses.’ ” State v. Mendez, 275 Kan. 412, 421 , 66 P.3d 811 (2003) (quoting State v. Baughman, 29 Kan. App. 2d 812, 814 , 32 P.3d 199 [2001]).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 49 Kan. App. 2d 403 - State v. Bierer

3. “[T]he 'automobile exception' . . . allows the warrantless search of a vehicle when probable cause has been established to justify a search.”

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