State v. Libby’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining the existence of probable cause to search, . . [t]he record must support by a preponderance of the evidence that the officers had knowledge of facts sufficient to justify the ultimate conclusion that probable cause existed.”). 13 .As discussed 'above/ in analyzing McNaughton’s Fifth Amendment challenges, the court determined that the first interview “became custodial,” concluding that at some point during the interview, a reasonable person standing in McNaughton’s shoes would no longer have felt “at liberty to terminate the interrogation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Maine v. Michael R. McNaughton

2. “Probable cause to search exists when the officers’ personal knowledge of facts and circumstances, in combination with any reasonably trustworthy information conveyed to the police, would warrant a prudent person believing that the search would disclose criminal conduct or items that would aid in identifying a criminal or establishing the commission of a crime.”

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

3. “[t]he taking of a blood sample for purposes of chemical analysis to produce evidence is a search and seizure ....”

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