Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “facts indicating ongoing criminal activity have long been recognized as diminishing the importance of establishing a specific and immediate time period in the affidavit: “Where the affidavit recites a mere isolated violation it would not be unreasonable to- imply that probable cause dwindles rather quickly with the passage- -of time. However,- where ■ the affidavit properly recites facts indicating .activity of a protracted and continuous nature, a course of conduct, the passage of time becomes less significant.””

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

2. “because the affidavit adequately suggested a continuing criminal operation, including `recently' obtained information from the first confidential informant, from the affiant's own investigation, and from the second confidential informant who made the controlled buy.”

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

3. “the temporal references within the affidavit allowed the magistrate to determine there was a substantial basis for concluding that a search would uncover evidence of wrongdoing.”

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