Stephenson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “a false statement knowingly and intentionally, or with a reckless disregard for the truth, was included by the affiant in the warrant affidavit, ... and, with the affidavit's false material set to one side, the affidavit's remaining content is insufficient to establish probable cause, the search warrant must be voided and the fruits of the search excluded to the same extent as if probable cause was lacking on the face of the affidavit.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Indiana v. Dusten T. Vance · Kevin Speer v. State of Indiana

2. “[Olnce the State has obtained a magistrate's determination of probable cause, a presumption of validity obtains [and] the burden is upon the defendant to overturn that presumption.”

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