Coslow v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
April 1986
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mapp v. Ohio · Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · Draper v. United States · United States v. Harris
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . There must be ‘sufficient detail that the magistrate may know that he is relying on something more substantial than a casual rumor.’ Spinelli v. United States, supra, 393 U.S. at 416 , 89 S.Ct. at 589 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jarvis v. State · Woodrow v. State““An affidavit to be sufficient should set forth in detail the facts as to how and when and where the informant has been used previously and if his information was accurate. Only by supplying such facts can the magistrate judicially determine the reliability.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barnes v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.