State v. Hightower’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, commonsense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the ‘veracity’ and ‘basis of knowledge’ of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. And the duty of a reviewing court is simply to ensure that the magistrate had a ‘substantial basis for * * * concluding]’ that probable cause existed.” Id. at 238-39 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 (citing Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257, 271 , 80 S.Ct. 725 , 4 L.Ed.2d 697 (I960)).”

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

2. ““The defense of double jeopardy and all other defenses and objections based on defects in the institution of the prosecution or in the indictment, information, or complaint other than that it fails to show jurisdiction in the court or to charge an offense may be raised only by motion before trial. The motion shall include all such defenses and objections then available to the defendant. Failure to present any such defense or objection as herein provided constitutes a waiver thereof, but the court for cause shown may grant relief from the waiver.””

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

3. “what is necessary for the security of the participants in a trial whether in a courtroom or outside the courtroom.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Patterson