778 So. 2d 23 - State v. Jackson’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. “[T]he United States Supreme Court held that police officers who have legitimately stopped an automobile and who have probable cause to believe that contraband is concealed within may conduct a search of the vehicle that is as thorough as a magistrate could require in a warrant. For constitutional purposes, there is no difference between seizing and holding a car before presenting the probable cause issue to a magistrate and carrying out an immediate search without a warrant....Given probable cause to search, either course is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment and the Louisiana Constitution. [22]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 850 So. 2d 1049 - State v. Joseph

2. “zip-lock bag containing white powder in plain view on the floor of the car between the seat and the door”

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