Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a reviewing court may look only to the four corners of the supporting affidavit, [but] the reviewing court should view the magistrate’s decision to issue the warrant with great deference. After reviewing the supporting affidavit in “a commonsensical and realistic manner,” a reviewing court must uphold the magistrate’s decision so long as the magistrate had a substantial basis for concluding that probable cause existed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hyland v. State · Kelly v. State

2. “facts indicating ongoing criminal activity have long been recognized as diminishing the importance of establishing a specific and immediate time period in the affidavit: “Where the affidavit recites a mere isolated violation it would not be unreasonable to- imply that probable cause dwindles rather quickly with the passage- -of time. However,- where ■ the affidavit properly recites facts indicating .activity of a protracted and continuous nature, a course of conduct, the passage of time becomes less significant.””

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

3. “A deferential standard of review is appropriate to further the Fourth Amendment's strong preference for searches conducted pursuant to a warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Hyland v. State