State v. Purdy’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably United States v. Skinner (1969), State v. Mastrian (1969)
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 36 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Jones v. United States · United States v. Ventresca · Roviaro v. United States · Draper v. United States
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.
“. “* * * No fixed rule with respect to disclosure is justifiable. The public’s interest in protecting the flow of information must be balanced against the individual’s right to prepare his defense. Whether a proper balance renders nondisclosure erroneous must depend on the particular circumstances of each case, taking into consideration the crime charged, the possible defenses, the possible significance of the informer’s testimony and other relevant factors. * * * We have considered all of the circumstances of this case and have concluded that the trial court’s refusal to order disclosure was neither contrary to the decisions of this court nor a denial of due process.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Rambahal · State v. Luciow““A peace officer may, without warrant, arrest a person: “(1) Eor a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; “ (2) When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence; “(3) When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause tor believing the person arrested to have committed it; or “(4) Upon a charge made upon reasonable cause of the commission of a felony by the person arrested. “To make such arrest the officer may break open an outer or inner door or window of a dwelling house if, after notice of his office and purpose, he shall be refused admittance.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It appears to have become well settled that when a trustworthy informant is a mere transmitter of information and not a competent witness to the crime itself, and the name of the informant is not essential to the defense, the informant's name need not be disclosed when the information was used as a basis for probable cause to search or arrest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Dexter · State v. Rambahal
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.