State v. Christopher’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
April 2021
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Watson · Maryland v. Pringle · Maryland v. MacOn · Pendergrast v. United States · State v. Bumpus
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Probable cause is present if the totality of the circumstances as viewed by a reasonable and prudent person would lead that person to believe that a crime has been or is being committed and that the arrestee committed or is committing it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“allows a police officer 'to search a lawfully arrested individual's person and the immediately surrounding area without a warrant.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.