People v. Franklin’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. “observed `a roach clip' on a key ring which the defendant produced from his pocket, and there was a `charred residue' but no narcotic material on the end of the clip, which the officer knew from past experience was a type of instrument commonly used for smoking marijuana.”

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

2. “had no indication that the roach clip had recently been used for smoking marijuana by reason of its being hot or by the presence of smoke in the vehicle”

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