State v. Wanzek’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 22 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. “We will defer to a trial court’s findings of fact in the disposition of a motion to suppress. Conflicts in testimony will be resolved in favor of affirmance, as we recognize the trial court is in a superior position to assess credibility of witnesses and weigh the evidence. Generally, a trial court’s decision to deny a motion to suppress will not be reversed if there is sufficient competent evidence' capable of supporting the trial court’s findings, and if its decision is not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Seglen · State v. Heitzmann

2. “The purposes behind Belton were two-fold: to create a single familiar standard to guide police officers in automobile searches and to eliminate the need for litigation in every case to determine whether the passenger compartment of the vehicle is within the scope of a search incident to arrest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Gant · State v. Tognotti

3. “police should not have to run a footrace to implement Belton . " See Wanzek, 598 N.W.2d at 815 ("Police officers should not have to race from their vehicles to the arrestee's vehicle to prevent the arrestee from getting out of the vehicle in order to conduct a valid search.”

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