State v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t has long been the law that objects falling within the plain view of an officer from a position where he is entitled to be are not the subject of an unlawful search,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Salt Lake City v. Roberts · Salt Lake City v. Roberts

2. “There is nothing in the record to indicate that the point now urged upon this Court was unavailable or unknown to defendant at the time he filed his motion to suppress, and to entertain the point now would be to sanction the practice of withholding positions that should properly be presented to the trial court but which may be withheld for the purpose of seeking a reversal on appeal and a new trial or dismissal.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carter · State v. Johnson

3. “`in open view from a position lawfully accessible to the public.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Salt Lake City v. Roberts · Salt Lake City v. Roberts