383 Wis. 2d 192 - State v. Gerald P. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

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11 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and its Wisconsin counterpart, Article I, Section 11 of the Wisconsin Constitution, protect persons' rights to 'be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 Wis. 2d 684 - State v. Vanderhoef

2. “However, there are certain 'specifically established and well-delineated' exceptions to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement. One such exception is a search conducted pursuant to consent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 Wis. 2d 684 - State v. Vanderhoef

3. “First, we examine whether relevant words, gestures or conduct supports a finding of consent. Second, we examine whether the consent was voluntarily given.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 Wis. 2d 684 - State v. Vanderhoef