State v. Vandevelde’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We are unable to see how Vandevelde who was handcuffed, in the back seat of a patrol car, and in the custody of an officer could gain access to his truck. At that point, there was no fear that Vandevelde would be able to retrieve a weapon from his truck and attack officers because nothing in the truck was in Vandevelde’s immediate presence.” 36 Kan. App. 2d at 273 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 46 Kan. App. 2d 899 - State v. Oram