418 So. 2d 1330 - State v. Commodore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Probable cause to arrest without a warrant exists when the facts and circumstances within the officer’s knowledge, or of which he had reasonably trustworthy information, are sufficient to justify a man of ordinary caution in believing that the person to be arrested has committed a crime. Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89 , 85 S.Ct. 223 , 13 L.Ed.2d 142 (1964); State v. Edwards, 406 So.2d 1331 (La.1981); State v. Marks, 337 So.2d 1177 (La.1976). Probable cause must be judged by the probabilities and practical considerations of everyday life on which average men, and particularly average police officers, can be expected to act. State v. Commodore, supra [ 418 So.2d 1330 (La.1982)]; State v. Edwards, supra; State v. Marks, supra.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Simms · 432 So. 2d 1003 - State v. Williams

2. “An arrest occurs when [the] circumstances indicate an intent to effect an extended restraint on the liberty of an accused, rather than at the precise time an officer tells the accused he is under arrest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Geraci · State v. Moreno

3. “both the credibility of the informant and the reliability of his information must be sufficiently demonstrated”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 770 So. 2d 7 - State v. Young