Barnes v. State’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. ““ * * * This affidavit is more significant for what it does not state, rather than what is alleged therein. There are no details as to how or when the informant had been used previously, or in what way he had proved to be reliable. There are no details as to when or how he saw the listed property. There are no details as to when or how officers made independent investigation. There are no details as to how the investigation disclosed that the informant’s information was true and correct. In short, the affidavit is void of factual details from which to conclude that the informant was credible or his information reliable. Rather the information is nothing more than conclusionary statements.””

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

2. ““Information received from an informant that has been used in the past and proven to be reliable that he observed the above listed property; officers made an investigation and found this information to be true and correct. * * * ””

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