Stokes v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
70 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably Oken v. State (1992), Wright v. State (1986)
70 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 Wong Sun v. United States · Brewer v. Williams · United States v. Crews · Lynumn v. Illinois · Fisher 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The significance of the word 'would' cannot be overemphasized. It is not enough to show that the evidence 'might' or 'could' have been otherwise obtained. Once the illegal act is shown to have been in fact the sole effective cause of the discovery of certain evidence, such evidence is inadmissible unless the prosecution severs the causal connection by an affirmative showing that it would have acquired the evidence in any event. In order to avoid the exclusionary rule, the government must establish that it has not benefitted by the illegal acts of its agents; a showing that it might not have so benefitted is insufficient."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Although the prosecution, seeking to invoke inevitable discovery, bears the burden of establishing the admissibility of otherwise tainted evidence, the state’s attorney here made no effort in the trial court to demonstrate compliance with either prerequisite to admissibility under this exception to the exclusionary rule.... It is now on appeal too late to speculate about what procedures the police utilize when executing a search warrant for illegal narcotics, and, if they exist, to further speculate whether following those prescribed procedures would have revealed the location of the drugs.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Following an unsuccessful exploration lasting about five minutes, the officers terminated their quest, turned to Stokes and informed him “that if he would produce the narcotics, his wife would not be arrested.” As a result of this assurance, [Stokes] revealed to the officers that drugs were hidden in a “drop ceiling” on the left side of the room. The officers then seized the contraband, heroin, and charged Stokes with its possession.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.