Baxter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The legality of a governmental search under the Indiana Constitution turns on an evaluation of the reasonableness of the police conduct under the totality of the cireumstances.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown · Chiszar v. State

2. “'on a balance of: 1) the degree of concern, suspicion, or knowledge that a viola tion has occurred, 2) the degree of intrusion the method of the search or seizure imposes on the citizen's ordinary activities, and 3) the extent of law enforcement needs.”

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

3. “may be proven by circumstantial evidence alone, and may be inferred from the facts and circumstances of each case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tony McMiller v. State of Indiana