Ellsworth v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The search must be justified by the steps that preceded it. Edwards v. State, 83 Okl.Cr. 340 , 177 P.2d 143, 147 . The partially filled bottle of gin played no part in the arrest, it was discovered after the unlawful arrest based on suspicion. Hence, the search and seizure was not incident to a lawful arrest, or upon probable cause of the commission of a felony, but upon mere suspicion and is a violation of the Bill of Rights, Art. 2, § 30, Oklahoma Constitution. Hoppes v. State, 70 Okl.Cr., 179 , 105 P.2d 433 ; Johnson v. State, 92 Okl.Cr. 63 , 220 P.2d 469 .””

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

2. “Where the evidence, on a motion to suppress, supports the defendant’s claim that he had lawful possession of the automobile, or a proprietary interest therein, a search predicated upon an unlawful arrest, based upon suspicion, is void ab initio.”

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

3. ““Ordinarily, a minor traffic violation will not support a search and seizure.””

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