United States v. Gregory’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate ·

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

1. “(1) the extent to which the police have corroborated the informant’s statements; (2) the degree to which the informant has acquired firsthand knowledge of the events; (3) the amount of detail provided; (4) the amount of time between the date of the events and the application for the search warrant; and (5) whether the informant personally appeared before the judge issuing the warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Wenzel

2. “[P]robable cause requires only 'facts sufficient to induce a reasonably prudent person to believe that a search ... will uncover evidence of a crime.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Leonard