Roach v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining whether the issuance of a search warrant is proper, an appellate court will review the trial judge’s decision to determine whether there was a substantial basis for concluding that probable cause existed. The reviewing court will overturn the trial court if there is an absence of substantial credible evidence to support the issuance of the search warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 56 So. 3d 469 - Gillett v. State

2. “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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 56 So. 3d 469 - Gillett v. State

3. “reasonable fair-minded [jurors] in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach different conclusions on every element of the offense,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Lonnie Jones v. State of Mississippi