State v. Bradshaw’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The statute] does not permit an unlawful seizure (arrest). It merely transfers the right of redress for a wrongful arrest to the orderly procedure of a court trial instead of a brawl in the streets.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gardiner · American Fork City v. Pena-Flores

2. “fail[ed] to inform an ordinary citizen who is seeking to obey the laws as to the conduct sought to be proscribed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gardiner · State v. Bell

3. “The common law gave a person the right to resist an unlawful arrest, but times have changed since the time when self-help was permitted to prevent a wrongful arrest. At common law, arrests were often made by citizens. Judges were not available for speedy release on bond, and trials were long delayed. Such conditions no longer exist. An arrested person must be taken forthwith before a magistrate, and trial must not be unreasonably delayed. A defendant is entitled to bail in a reasonable amount.”

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