Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York v. Belton · Arizona v. Gant · Vansant v. State · Sanders v. State · 238 Ga. App. 206 - State v. Folk
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the evidence in question would have been discovered by lawful means, and the prosecution must demonstrate that the lawful means which made discovery inevitable were possessed by the police and were being actively pursued prior to the occurrence of the illegal conduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“testified that he had smelled marijuana when he first approached the car, and testified regarding his expertise in recognizing the odor”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“during a search based on probable cause because the officer smelled marijuana in the car.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.