State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The two elements needed to satisfy the plain view exception are (1) the initial intrusion that afforded the authorities the plain view was lawful and (2) the incriminating nature of the evidence was immediately apparent to the seizing authorities.”

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

2. “objects falling within the plain view of a law enforcement officer who is rightfully in a position to view the objects are subject to seizure and may be introduced as evidence.”

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

3. “In the Fourth Amendment context, a court is concerned with determining whether a reasonable officer would be moved to take action.”

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