State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · United States v. Leon · Franks v. Delaware · Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit ...[,] there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Blevins · State v. Lee“This is because citizen informers, unlike police informers, volunteer information out of concern for the community and not for personal benefit,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The standard of probable cause is described as being `only the probability, and not a prima facie showing, of criminal activity.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Blevins
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.