Richard v. State’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. “Although we have not addressed the question of the “good reason to believe” standard specified in Ind.Code 14-2-9-1, we believe that standard to be suspect. Conservation officers who, in their role as a government agent, rely upon that standard as something less than probable cause as defined in a 4th Amendment context, face a high probability of putting their investigation in harm’s way.”

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

2. “The director and conservation officers ... may enter into or upon any private or public property for such purposes or for the purpose of patrolling or investigating when he has [probable cause] to believe that he will secure evidence of a violation of any of the laws for the propagation or protection of ... game, fur-bearing animals, ..., or any of the provisions of this article.”

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