Clay v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
3
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Heien v. North Carolina · United States v. McSwain · United States v. Edgerton · Carl Wayne Allgier v. State
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We review the district court's factual findings on a motion to suppress for clear error. We defer to those findings and view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party because the district court is in the best position to weigh the evidence, assess the credibility of witnesses, and make the necessary inferences, deductions, and conclusions. However, we review the ultimate determination regarding the constitutionality of a particular search or seizure de novo.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pier v. State“was in violation of Wyoming law requiring license plates or a valid registration to be displayed and plainly visible on a vehicle”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gibson v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.