State v. Allman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]s long as the pieces fit together well and yield a fair probability that a police officer executing the warrant will find contraband or evidence of a crime at the place to be searched, a magistrate has probable cause to issue a warrant.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 259 N.C. App. 366 - State v. Lewis · State v. Lewis

2. “Article I, Section 20 of the Constitution of North Carolina likewise prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires that warrants be issued only on probable cause.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Foster · 259 N.C. App. 165 - State v. Frederick

3. “acknowledg[ing] that nothing in Detective Bacon's affidavit directly linked defendant's home with evidence of drug dealing,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 254 N.C. App. 572 - State v. Worley · State v. Lewis