Pecina v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Extended to its logical conclusion, the majority’s position would hold that any arrest made subsequent in time to a valid arrest warrant will in contemplation of law be an arrest under that warrant.... And yet, despite this fact that the command to arrest was never communicated, the majority would hold as a matter of law that the arrest was made ‘under the warrant’ [emphasis in original].” Id., at 406.”

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

2. ““When an indictment and a capias ordering an arrest are in the hands of a district clerk but were unknown to the officer as they were in Hamrick v. State ..., are sufficient for an arrest, the valid orders for arrest in warrants in possession of an officer are sufficient for an arrest.” Id., at 404.”

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

3. ““Since it is undisputed that the commands to arrest of the warrants in this case were never effectively communicated to the arresting officers, how can the majority say these unknown commands gave any authority to the officers?””

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