State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “| 2qA state trooper’s detection of the odor of marijuana coming from a defendant’s car constitutes justification for a war-rantless search. State v. Cohen, 549 So.2d 884 (La.App. 2d Cir.1989), writ denied, 559 So.2d 135 (La.1990). A police officer who makes a valid traffic stop of the defendant’s vehicle has probable cause to search, based upon the faint odor of marijuana which someone was trying to mask by using air fresheners. State v. Reynaga, 93-1520 (La.App. 3d Cir.10/05/94), 643 So.2d 431 . (The court also held that the search was valid based on probable cause, even if consent was not given.) Even a routine registration check, which led to a state trooper’s detection of the odor of marijuana, resulted in sufficient probable cause to make a warrantless search and seizure valid. State v. Arnold, 34,194 (La.App.2d Cir.12/06/00), 779 So.2d 840 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 22 So. 3d 1150 - State v. Johnlouis