State v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “(internal quotation marks and citations omitted) ). {37} Additionally, the Court of Appeals did not appropriately defer to the district court's factual findings. The Court of Appeals' impressions regarding the sounds of the children on the video conflicted with Officer Temples' testimony at the hearing. When faced with conflicting evidence, the Court of Appeals should have deferred to the district court's finding that Officer Temples' entry was justified based on”

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

2. “Appellate review of a motion to suppress presents a mixed question of law and fact. First, we look for substantial evidence to support the [district] court's factual finding, with deference to the district court's review of the testimony and other evidence presented.”

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

3. “On appeal, we must review the totality of the circumstances and must avoid reweighing individual factors in isolation.... In doing so, we ... view the facts in the manner most favorable to the prevailing party.”

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