State v. Bowditch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 71 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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is beyond dispute that convicted felons do not enjoy the same measure of constitutional protections, including the expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment, as do citizens who have not been convicted of a felony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Martin · John Doe v. Department of Public Safety

2. “[S]ubjecting defendants to the SBM program does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the state or federal constitution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Martin · 246 N.C. App. 259 - State v. Blue

3. “[t]he SBM program is concerned with protecting the public against recidivist tendencies of convicted sex offenders”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Westbrook · 265 N.C. App. 641 - State v. Gambrell