King v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “’ Individuals cannot have a reasonable expectation ■ of privacy. in, property they abandon; thus, a search of abandoned property is not, without more, unreasonable. What-constitutes abandoned property has to be determined on a ease-by-case, :basis. [Tjrial courts must weigh the evidence and, consider the circumstances in reaching a conclusion as to whether the property has, in faqt, been abandoned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marino v. Commonwealth

2. “■ When reviewing an order denying a motion to suppress, we consider the trial court’s findings of fact “conclusive” if they are “supported by substantial evidence.” RCr[ 2 ] 9.78. Using those facts [if supported], the reviewing court then conducts a de novo review of the trial court’s application of law to those facts to determine whether the decision is correct as a matter of law. '”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Marino v. Commonwealth