State v. Woods’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The trial court’s finding that a marijuana remnant, a “roach,” was not referred to as to time, date or place in the affidavit for a search warrant is supported by the evidence. The reference in the affidavit to observations “[t]hat the informant [Warner] further told your affiant [the sheriff] that he had observed cocaine, marihuana, and drug paraphernalia, in the aforementioned residence on at least one prior occasion,” -without further specificity, does not supply probable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. WILBERS

2. “In reviewing the trial court’s order suppressing the evidence in question, the facts and reasonable inferences therefrom are to be stated favorably to the order challenged on appeal. State v. Blair, 691 S.W.2d 259, 260 (Mo. banc 1985). The correctness of the trial court’s decision is measured by whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain the finding. Id.; State v. Cross, 757 S.W.2d 613, 614 (Mo.App.1988).”

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

3. “Officer Corley stepped out of his exterminator role and became a government agent when he examined the plants, took a leaf for verification, and memorized the name on Kennedy’s mail for identification purposes. According to Corley’s own testimony, he used the knowledge and skill acquired from his police training and experience to spot the marijuana.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Albert S.