Crain v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

79 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[F]or mixed questions of law and fact that do not fall within that category, a reviewing court may conduct a de novo review.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Arguellez v. State · State v. Norris

2. “[w]e review de novo whether the totality of circumstances is sufficient to support an officer's reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Arguellez v. State · State v. Cortez

3. “Appellate courts view the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial judge’s ruling—whether he grants or denies the motion. The winning side is afforded the “strongest legitimate view of the evidence” as well as all reasonable inferences that can be derived from it. We review a trial judge’s application of search and seizure law to the facts de novo, and will affirm his ruling if the record reasonably supports it and it is correct on any theory of law applicable to the case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ford