Reid v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the confidential informant’s sole involvement in the case was providing information to the police officer and making controlled drug buys from [Woodruff]. The police officer then relied upon those controlled drug buys to obtain a search warrant for [Woodruff’s] residence. The [s]tate did not indict [Woodruff] for the multiple sales of [drugs] to the informant. Rather, the [s]tate indicted [Woodruff] for [possession of morphine, possession of oxycodone, and] possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute based on the drugs found during the execution of the search warrant. The confidential informant was not present during the execution of the search warrant and was not a witness to the offenses that form the basis of the instant prosecution. Consequently, the trial court was authorized to conclude that the informant was a mere tipster whose identity was absolutely privileged. Therefore, the trial court correctly denied [Woodruff’s] motion to reveal the confidential informant’s identity.”

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

2. “In considering an appeal from [the] denial of a motion to suppress, this Court construes the evidence in favor of the trial court’s ruling, and we review de novo the trial court’s application of the law to undisputed facts. Additionally, we must defer to the trial court’s determination on the credibility of witnesses, and the trial court’s ruling on disputed facts must be accepted unless it is clearly erroneous. Moreover, in reviewing the denial of a motion to suppress, we consider all the evidence of record, including evidence introduced at trial.”

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