Miranda v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ . . . such authority, however, does not carry with it the right to conduct a general exploratory search of the boat or automobile for evidence of crime. In the absence of probable cause or some other recognized exception to the search warrant rule, such warrantless searches are clearly unreasonable.” Id. at 414 .”

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

2. “one's reasonable expectation of privacy in an automobile or boat is less than that of a private dwelling and therefore is more open to legitimate governmental intrusion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 So. 2d 1063 - State v. Francoeur

3. “law enforcement officers to stop an automobile for the purpose of making a driver's license or car registration check.”

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