50 Wash. App. 834 - State v. Belieu’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because the Defendant’s challenge focuses primarily on the state constitution and the crime involved is a possessory offense, we must briefly address the "automatic standing” exception to the general rules stated above. A defendant has automatic standing to challenge a search or seizure if (1) the offense charged involves possession as an "essential” element of the offense; and (2) the defendant was in possession of the contraband at the time of the contested search or seizure.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 77 Wash. App. 479 - State v. Gonzalez

2. “no case similar on its facts ... in which a full felony stop, with guns drawn, followed by handcuffing and frisking the car's occupants, has been found less intrusive than an arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 112 Wash. 2d 587 - State v. Belieu

3. “the facts known and articulated by the police officers here did not give rise to a reasonable belief these individuals, in this car, were armed and dangerous.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 112 Wash. 2d 587 - State v. Belieu