Coon v. State’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. “Although the evidence was conflicting, there was competent evidence to support the trial court’s finding that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily consented to the search. We have previously held that under such circumstances considerable weight must be given to the trial court’s finding and that this Court will not reverse where the ruling is based upon competent evidence reasonably tending to support the finding. (Citations omitted)”

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

2. “burden of proof is on the State to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the consent to search was free[ly] and voluntarily given”

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