State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 13 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is clear that the police officers did not have sufficient probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of the containers within the trunk. Although there was probable cause to arrest the defendant (i.e., the outstanding warrants) the officers additionally needed a basis for believing that particular evidence of a crime or specific contraband was being concealed within the trunk before conducting a warrantless search.”

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

2. “A person commits the crime of stealing if he appropriates property ... of another with the purpose to deprive him thereof, either without his consent or by means of deceit or coercion.”

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

3. “evidence [of the subsequent theft of the automobile] was relevant in that it corroborated the other evidence linking the defendant to the alleged tampering.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ferguson v. Jones