State v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In order for consent to be voluntary, (1) there must be clear and positive testimony that the consent was unequivocal, specific, and freely and intelligently given; (2) the government must prove consent was given without duress or coercion, express or implied; and (3) the courts must indulge every reasonable presumption against the waiver of fundamental constitutional rights and there must be convincing evidence that such rights were waived.”

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

2. “could come back at a later time with a [search] warrant,”

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