Lujan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress is reviewed for abuse of discretion. The trial court is given almost complete deference in its determination of historical facts, especially when based oil an assessment of credibility and demeanor. The same deference is given to the trial court with respect to its rulings on the application of the law to questions of fact if resolution of those questions depends on an evaluation of credibility and demeanor. Mixed questions of law and fact that do not turn on credibility and demeanor are reviewed de novo. When the trial court does not make express findings of fact, the reviewing court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court’s ruling and should assume the trial court made implicit findings of fact that support its ruling as long as those findings are supported by the record.”

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