Wilder v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]s the foregoing recitation of facts reflects, there was but a single search of Wilder’s briefcase, and this search was conducted only after issuance of a search warrant, the validity of which is not at issue. Wilder’s contentions thus center on the warrantless seizure of the briefcase prior to issuance of the search warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilder v. State

2. “The independent source doctrine allows admission of evidence that was discovered by means wholly independent of any constitutional violation[.] ... When properly applied, the 'independent source' exception allows the prosecution to use evidence only if it was, in fact, obtained by fully lawful means.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stephens v. State

3. “doctrine typically operates when evidence discovered as the result of an initial unlawful search is later discovered in a second search conducted by lawful means using information gained independently of the initial search”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stephens v. State