State v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The mere fact that a premise[s] may be characterized as a residence or a motel room does not, by itself, establish that a particular person has a reason"able expectation of privacy in the prem ises. For example, the use of a hotel or motel room as a center for drug transactions and not as a residence does not give rise to. legitimate expectations of privacy within the ambit of the Fourth Amendment. A defendant does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when the motel or hotel room is nothing more than “a convenient processing station” for the packaging and distribution of drugs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler

2. “In deciding the constitutionality of a search ... , we take a two-step approach. First, the defendant must show that he had a legitimate expectation of privacy in the area searched. Second, if the defendant had a legitimate expectation of privacy, we must then decide whether the State unreasonably invaded the protected interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Hernandis Cortez Burks

3. “A warrantless search is unreasonable unless it comes within a recognized exception such as consent, exigent circumstances, or plain view.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Hernandis Cortez Burks