State v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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. “To rise to the level of probable cause, the courts consider only probabilities, and a prima facie showing of criminal activity is not required. Affidavits of probable cause are tested by much less rigorous standards than those governing the admissibility of evidence at trial and, in judging probable cause, issuing magistrates are not to be confined by restrictions on the use of good common sense. Their determination of probable cause should be paid great deference by reviewing courts. Spinelli v. United States, 393 U.S. 410 , 21 L. Ed. 2d 637 , 89 S. Ct. 584 (1969); State v. Barnes, 76 Wn.2d 234 , 456 P.2d 337 (1969). Probable cause exists where “the facts and circumstances within their [the arresting officers] knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information [are] sufficient in themselves to warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that” an offense has been or is being committed. Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 , 69 L. Ed. 543 , 45 S. Ct. 280, 288 (1925).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 7 Wash. App. 631 - State v. Clay