State v. Tilley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The informant herein personally observed the presence of narcotics in the trunk of defendant's car. The informant, referred to as anonymous caller, was obviously known to Sergeant Vulgamore. He had previously given information to Sergeant Vulgamore which resulted in arrest. Sergeant Vulgamore drove by the address given to him by the informant and corroborated the presence of the described vehicle on the address premises. The sergeant recognized the vehicle, because it belonged to a reputed drug user and supplier."”

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

2. “[i]nformation concerning a prior accurate report given by the informant satisfactorily establishes the informant's reliability.”

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