State v. Burke’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
July 2005
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Golding · Landsberger v. Schafer · State v. James · State v. Crespo · State v. Marra
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In making a finding of probable cause, the trial court must determine whether the evidence offered would warrant a person of reasonable caution to believe that the accused had committed the charged offense. Evidence is not required to rise to a significant level of trustworthiness in order to meet the probable cause standard. The quantum of evidence necessary to establish probable cause exceeds mere suspicion, but is substantially less than that required for conviction. Our cases have made clear that there is often a fine line between mere suspicion and probable cause, and that line necessarily must be drawn by an act of judgment formed in light of the particular situation and with account taken of all the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.