Patterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the [judge] was misled by information in an affidavit that the officer knew was false or would have known was false except for the officer’s reckless [disregard for the truth; (2) the [judge] wholly abandoned his detached and neutral judicial role; (3) the warrant was based on an affidavit that was so lacking in probable cause as to render official belief in its existence entirely unreasonable; and (4) the warrant was so facially deficient, by faffing to particularize the place to be searched or the things to be seized, that the executing officers cannot reasonable presume it to be valid.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 233 Md. App. 88 - Fone v. State · Agurs v. State

2. “Finally, depending on the circumstances of the particular case, a warrant may be so facially deficient—i.e., in failing to particularize the place to be searched or the things to be seized—that the executing officers cannot reasonably presume it to be valid.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 232 Md. App. 510 - Joppy v. State · 178 Md. App. 156 - State v. Jenkins

3. “Nor would an officer manifest objective good faith in relying on a warrant based on an affidavit “so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render official belief in its existence entirely unreasonable.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 232 Md. App. 510 - Joppy v. State · 178 Md. App. 156 - State v. Jenkins