Mahaffey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 27 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “then and only then , out of absolute necessity, is it constitutionally permissible for a court to consider, in arriving at a sensible interpretation, such extratextual factors as executive or administrative interpretations of the statute or legislative history.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Senn v. State · Craig Reynolds v. State

2. “[T]his Court has never addressed whether an officer’s reasonable interpretation of the law, if ultimately mistaken, can serve as an objectively reasonable basis upon which to effectuate a stop. ⅜ * * In Madden v. State, we explained that the pertinent issue was ‘not whether appellant was speeding,’ but whether the officer 'had a reasonable belief that he was speeding. Even police officers may be mistaken about an historical fact such as”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson, Timothy Lee

3. “as long as that mistake was not unreasonable.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Robinson, Timothy Lee