State v. Waldrup’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] determination as to whether conduct violates the Fourth Amendment is an issue of law that this Court reviews de novo.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Allen · State v. Vanorsdel

2. “[t]he existence of reasonable suspicion is determined objectively by asking whether the facts available to the officer at the moment of the seizure warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that the action taken was appropriate.”

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

3. “This Court reviews a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress in the light most favorable to the ruling, disregarding any contrary evidence or adverse inferences.”

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