United States v. Augustine’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate ·

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

1. ““On appeal of the grant or denial of a motion to suppress, we review the district court’s historical factual findings for clear error and its conclusions of law on the probable cause issue de novo.” United States v. Wells, 223 F.3d 835 , 838 (8th Cir.2000). “Our role is to ensure that the evidence as a whole provides a substantial basis for finding probable cause to support the issuance of the search warrant.” United States v. Terry, 305 F.3d 818 , 822 (8th Cir.2002). “For probable cause to be shown, the warrant application and affidavit must describe circumstances showing that, based on practical experience and common sense, there is a fair probability that contraband or similar evidence will be found in the targeted place.” United States v. Nguyen, 526 F.3d 1129 , 1133 (8th Cir.2008). “When reviewing the sufficiency of an affidavit to support probable cause, we consider the ‘totality of the circumstances.’ ” United States v. Searcy, 181 F.3d 975 , 981 (8th Cir. 1999) (quoting United States v. Wright, 145 F.3d 972 , 975 (8th Cir.1998)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Vega