State v. Farber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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. “When applied, the [fruit of the poisonous tree] doctrine operates to bar not only evidence directly obtained, but also evidence derivatively gained as a result of information learned or leads obtained during an unlawful search or seizure. To invoke the doctrine, a defendant must show that challenged evidence was obtained by the State in violation of the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Figgures · Eaton v. State

2. “On appeal from the grant of a motion to suppress[,] the State appeals from a negative judgment and must show the trial court's ruling on the suppression motion was contrary to law.... We will reverse a negative judgment only when the evidence is without conflict and all reasonable inferences lead to a conclusion opposite that of the trial court.... We neither reweigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of witnesses; rather we consider only the evidence most favorable to the judgment.”

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

3. “We will reverse a negative judgment only when the evidence is without conflict and all reasonable inferences lead to a conclusion opposite that of the trial court.”

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