State v. Woodard’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a defendant asserts a search and seizure violation under the Fourth Amendment, the defendant bears the burden of producing evidence to rebut the presumption of proper conduct by law enforcement. A defendant can satisfy this burden with evidence that the seizure occurred without a warrant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White, Brian Jason · Clement v. State

2. “A “stop” to make an inquiry, on its own, does not show a seizure. In the absence of ... evidence [typically associated with the seizure of a person — like the display of a weapon, physical touching, or the threatening presence of several officers], otherwise offensive contact between a member of the public and police cannot, as a matter of law, amount to a seizure of that person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cory James Jordan v. State

3. “The ultimate question under Article 14.01(b) is 'whether at that moment the facts and circumstances within the officer's knowledge and of which he had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient to warrant a prudent man in believing that the arrested person had committed or was committing an offense.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Martinez, Roger Anthony