State v. Gefroh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Probable cause exists to search a vehicle if it is established that ‘certain identifiable objects are probably connected with criminal activity and are probably to be found at the present time at an identifiable place.’ If a warrantless search of an automobile is made with probable cause, based on a reasonable belief arising out of the circumstances known to the officer that the automobile contains articles which are subject to seizure, the search is valid.””

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