State v. Antonio D. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “Id., ¶38. ¶40 In dissent, Justice Roggensack——joined by Justice Ziegler——argued that a search based on a reasonable mistake of law is constitutional. Id., ¶91 (Roggensack, J., dissenting). Specifically, an officer's mistake of law is reasonable if a statute is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 Wis. 2d 234 - State v. Richard E. Houghton, Jr.

2. “[b]ecause having one unlit bulb on the back of a vehicle does not on its own violate the statutory requirements for tail lamps, the State . . . failed to show that the officers had probable cause to believe that a traffic violation had occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 Wis. 2d 234 - State v. Richard E. Houghton, Jr.

3. “[tjemporary detention of individuals during the stop of an automobile by the police, even if only for a brief period and for a limited purpose, constitutes a 'seizure' of 'persons' within the meaning”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 Wis. 2d 234 - State v. Richard E. Houghton, Jr.