Smoot v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . Upon being directed to pull over, appellant stopped his car and ‘made a motion to the floor.’ He hurriedly approached the police car and ‘seemed excited, nervous.’ After getting the appellant’s driver’s license, the officer went to the driver’s side of the car and saw on the floor board ‘an old rusty hunting knife and a Marlboro box of cigarettes.’ He retrieved these articles and found 9 handrolled marihuana cigarettes in the Marlboro box.””

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

2. ““We conclude the arrest and search and seizure were legal.””

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