State v. Herring’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the “veracity” and “basis of knowledge” of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Robinson · State v. Wright

2. “A warrant issued hereunder shall be issued only upon an affidavit sworn to before the magistrate, municipal judicial officer, or judge of a court of record establishing the grounds for the warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clay, Sara Kathrine

3. “an extreme measure which should be taken only where an incident is so grievous that the prejudicial effect can be removed in no other way.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Taylor