68 Ill. 2d 287 - People v. Blitz’s Empirical Analysis

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60 state decisions

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

1. ““Probable cause does not emanate from an antiseptic courtroom, a sterile library or a sacrosanct adytum, nor is it a pristine ‘philosophical concept existing in a vacuum,’ Bell v. United States, 102 U.S. App. D.C. 383 , 386, 254 F.2d 82, 85 (1958), but rather it requires a pragmatic analysis of ‘everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act.’ Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 175 , 69 S. Ct. 1302, 1310 , 93 L. Ed. 1879 (1949). It is to be viewed from the vantage point of a prudent, reasonable, cautious police officer on the scene at the time of the arrest guided by his experience and training. Jackson v. United States, 112 U.S. App. D.C. 260 , 302 F.2d 194 (1962). It is ‘a plastic concept whose existence depends on the facts and circumstances of the particular case.’ Bailey v. United States, 128 U.S. App. D.C. 354 , 357, 389 F.2d 305, 308 (1967). See McCray v. Illinois, 386 U.S. 300, 304 , 87 S. Ct. 1056 , 18 L. Ed. 2d 62 (1967); Beck v. Ohio, supra, 379 U.S. [89] at 91, 85 S. Ct. 223 , [ 13 L. Ed. 2d 142 ]; Brinegar v. United States, supra, 338 U.S. at 175-176 , 69 S. Ct. 1302 . Because of the kaleidoscopic myriad that goes into the probable cause mix ‘seldom does a decision in one case handily dispose of the next.’ Hinton v. United States, 137 U.S. App. D.C. 388 , 391, 424 F.2d 876, 879 (1969). It is however the totality of these facts and circumstances which is the relevant consideration. Davis v. United States, 133 U.S. App. D.C. 172”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 69 Ill. App. 3d 874 - People v. Creach

2. ““ ‘The constitution prohibits only unreasonable searches; it permits those that are reasonable. The critical issue in each case must be whether the situation that confronted the officer justified the search. That question can not be determined by an indiscriminate application of legal concepts that were evolved to meet quite different problems. # # * # # * * * Police officers often must act upon a quick appraisal of the data before them, and the reasonableness of their conduct must be judged on the basis of their responsibility to prevent crime and to catch criminals.’ ” 68 Ill. 2d 287, 291-92 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 73 Ill. App. 3d 160 - People v. Redmond

3. ““ ‘Probable cause does not emanate from an antiseptic courtroom, a sterile library or a sacrosanct adytum, nor is it a pristine “philosophical concept existing in a vacuum,” Bell v. United States, 102 U.S. App. D.C. 383 , 386, 254 F.2d 82, 85 (1958), but rather it requires a pragmatic analysis of “everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act.” Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 175 , 69 S. Ct. 1302, 1310 , 93 L. Ed. 1879 (1949). * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Members