State v. Spillers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 39 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[the task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the cireumstances set forth in the affidavit ... there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Kevin Shawn Carter v. State of Indiana · Hayworth v. State

2. “practical, com mon-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit, there is a fair probability that evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State of Indiana v. Dusten T. Vance · Katelin Eunjoo Seo v. State of Indiana

3. “The trustworthiness of hearsay for the purpose of proving probable cause can be established in a number of ways, including where: (1) the informant has given correct information in the past, (2) independent police investigation corroborates the informant’s statements, (3) some basis for the informant’s knowledge is demonstrated, or (4) the informant predicts conduct or activity by the suspect that is not ordinarily easily predicted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. David W. Gerth v. State of Indiana · Robinson v. State