United States v. Rascon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “there was a complete absence of evidence concerning Avita's possession of the car. Thus, . . . the defendant failed to at least state that he had gained possession from the owner or someone with the authority to grant possession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1994 Conn. Super. Ct. 6218 - State v. Dieppa, No. Cr14-423111 (Jun. 28, 1994)

2. “[t]o presume that Avita's possession of car was legitimate in the absence of any such evidence would be inconsistent with the burden of proof on this issue, which lies with the proponent of a motion to suppress.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1994 Conn. Super. Ct. 6218 - State v. Dieppa, No. Cr14-423111 (Jun. 28, 1994)

3. “It is immaterial if evidence sought to be introduced against a defendant was obtained in violation of someone else’s Fourth Amendment rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 374 F. Supp. 2d 994 - United States v. Torres-Castro