33 Cal. 4th 667 - People v. Celis’s Empirical Analysis

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99 state decisions

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

1. “' "The substance of all the definitions of probable cause is a reasonable ground for belief of guilt”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Delgado · 242 Cal. Rptr. 3d 530 - People v. Marquez

2. “Probable cause exists when the facts known to the arresting officer would persuade someone of 'reasonable caution' that the person to be arrested has committed a crime. [Citation.] '[P]robable cause is a fluid concept-turning on the assessment of probabilities in particular factual contexts ....' [Citation.] It is incapable of precise definition. [Citation.] '”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 5 Cal. 5th 642 - People v. Spencer · People v. Delgado

3. “( Illinois v. Gates (1983) 462 U.S. 213 , 232 [ 103 S.Ct. 2317 , 76 L.Ed.2d 527 ]....) It is incapable of precise definition. ( Maryland v. Pringle (2003) 540 U.S. 366 , 371 [ 124 S.Ct. 795 , 157 L.Ed.2d 769 ]....)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 213 Cal. Rptr. 3d 620 - Espinoza v. Shiomoto