74 Wash. App. 820 - State v. O'NEIL’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a nexus is established between a suspect and a residence if the affidavit provides probable cause to believe the suspect is involved in drug dealing and the suspect is either living there or independent evidence exists that the suspect may be storing records, contraband, or other evidence of criminal activity at the residence.”

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

2. “a warrant may be upheld when the nexus between the items to be seized and the place to be searched rests not upon direct observation, but on the type of crime, nature of the items, and normal inferences [about] where a criminal would likely hide contraband.”

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

3. “[f]ew places are more convenient for hiding contraband or evidence of criminal activity — and, therefore, more appropriate to search — than the suspect's home.”

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