People v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A police officer has probable cause to conduct a search when the facts available to him would warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that contraband or evidence of a crime is present.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The People of the State of Colorado v. Lamonte Xavier Smith · The People of the State of Colorado v. Sheron Mario Furness

2. “The probable cause standard does not lend itself to mathematical certainties and should not be laden with hypertechnical interpretations or rigid legal rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The People of the State of Colorado v. Lamonte Xavier Smith

3. “make a practical, common sense decision whether a fair probability exists that a search of a particular place will reveal contraband or evidence of a crime”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The People of the State of Colorado v. Sheron Mario Furness