State v. Sepulveda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “examine whether the defendant has demonstrated a subjective expectation of privacy in the object of the challenged search ... [and] conclude, as a matter of law, whether society is willing to recognize the individual's expectation of privacy as legitimate.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. DAB v. State · D.A.B. v. State

2. “Once the defendant has been put on notice that the State claims the warrantless search was constitutional because [the defendant] has no expectation of privacy in the area searched, then the defendant must factually demonstrate that he does have standing to contest the warrantless search.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 UT App 256 - State v. Bissegger

3. “In examining a denial of a motion to suppress, we review the trial court's findings of fact 'under a clearly erroneous standard' and the trial court's 'ultimate legal conclusions' based on those findings 'under a correctness standard'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 UT App 256 - State v. Bissegger