Hunter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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. “An 'affidavit' is '[a] voluntary declaration of facts written down and sworn to by the declarant before an officer authorized to administer oaths.’ ” Id. at 602 . That definition does not expressly require a signature. The court looked to Webster's International Dictionary which provides a similar definition and adds that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. State

2. “'[ajffidavit’ means a statement in writing of a fact or facts signed by the party making it, sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and officially certified by the officer under his seal of office.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. State

3. “It is an exception [to the exclusionary rule] that the evidence was obtained by a law enforcement officer acting in objective good faith reliance upon a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate based on probable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. State