Callahan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`the increasingly common practice of police stopping vehicles for minor traffic offenses and seeking consent to search with no suspicion whatsoever of illegal contraband[.]'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ammons v. State · Clark v. State

2. “(1) whether the defendant was advised of his Miranda rights prior to the request to search; (2) the defendant's degree of education and intelligence; (8) whether the defendant was advised of his right not to consent; (4) whether the [defendant] has previous encounters with law enforcement; (5) whether the officer made any express or implied claims of authority to search without consent; (6) whether the officer was engaged in any illegal action prior to the request; (7) whether the defendant was cooperative previously; and (8) whether the officer was deceptive as to his true identity or the purpose of the search.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bulington · Brown v. State

3. “[Olur standard of review when reviewing a trial court's ruling on the validity of a search and seizure [is that] we consider the evidence most favorable to the ruling and any uncontradicted evidence to the contrary to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support the ruling.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garcia-Torres v. State · LW v. State