Culver v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The [probation] officer and supervisor will hold a case conference using the Search Checklist as a guideline. During the case conference the supervisor will review the ‘Tes” or “No” responses of the officer to the following search decision factors: (1) Sufficient reason to believe the offender possesses contraband. (2) Sufficient reason to believe the offender is in violation of probation/parole. (3) Information from a reliable informant, indicating offender possesses contraband or is violating the law. (4) Information from the informant is corroborated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. King v. State · 64 F. Supp. 3d 659 - United States v. Dahl

2. “[0]nly reasonable grounds, even if the probation officers do not satisfy each technical requirement of the search and seizure regulations of the Department of Correction. The special nature of probationary supervision justifies a departure from the usual warrant and probable cause requirements for searches, but a search of a probationer’s home must be reasonable. 4”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. King v. State · Walker v. State

3. “The officer and supervisor will hold a case conference .... During the case conference the supervisor will review the "Yes" or "No" responses of the officer to the following search decision factors: (1) Sufficient reason to believe the offender possesses contraband. (2) Sufficient reason to believe the offender is in violation of probation/parole. (3) Information from a reliable informant, indicating offender possesses contraband or is violating the law. (4) Information from the informant is corroborated. 4”

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