State v. Hamilton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendant’s Point I contends that the officers who executed the search warrant failed to knock and announce their presence. He argues that this action violated his right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures as guaranteed by the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and article I, section 15 of the Missouri Constitution. He claims the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence and in admitting the material to which the motion was directed in evidence.”

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