State v. St. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]f sufficient untainted evidence was presented in the warrant affidavit to establish probable cause, the warrant was nevertheless valid.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mastella L. Jackson · 378 Wis. 2d 267 - State v. Hillary

2. “'may make the usual inferences reasonable persons would draw from the facts presented.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 388 Wis. 2d 257 - State v. Switzky · 378 Wis. 2d 267 - State v. Hillary

3. “[W]here a search warrant [is] issued based on both tainted and untainted evidence, [a reviewing court may] independently 'determine that the [untainted evidence is] sufficient to support a finding of probable cause to issue the search warrant.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 378 Wis. 2d 267 - State v. Hillary