State v. Moad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The motion to suppress may be based upon any one or more of the following grounds: (1) That the search and seizure were made without warrant and without lawful authority; (2) That the warrant was improper upon its face or was illegally issued, including the issuance of a warrant without proper showing of probable cause; (3) That the property seized was not that described in the warrant and that the officer was not otherwise lawfully privileged to seize the same; (4) That the warrant was illegally executed by the officer; (5) That in any other manner the search and seizure violated the rights of the movant under section 15 of article I of the Constitution of Missouri, of the fourth and fourteenth amendments of the Constitution of the United States.”

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

2. “The “suppression” of evidence is not the same thing as the exclusion of evidence on the basis of some rule of evidence. Suppression is a term used for evidence which is not objectionable as violating any rule of evidence, but which has been illegally obtained.”

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

3. “the character of a pleading is determined by its subject matter and not its designation.”

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