State v. Ortega

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an officer had probable cause to search a vehicle after defendant handed over an amount of marijuana that would only constitute a petty misdemeanor
• clarifying that probable cause is a test of reasonableness that applies regardless of the amount of marijuana that the vehicle’s occupants actually possesses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Perry
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-02-12· cited 159×
• State v. Ortega
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-07-30· cited 71×
• Robinson, Williams & Spriggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2017-01-20· cited 67×
• Dillon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2010-05-11· cited 43×
• State v. Hawley
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2017-08-29
• State of Minnesota v. Raenard Romalle Douglas
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2024-09-23
• State of Minnesota v. Raenard Romalle Douglas
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2025-12-24

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rakas v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-15· cited 6,103×
• Minnesota v. Carter
  Supreme Court· 1999-02-23· cited 1,221×
• Murdaugh v. Livingston
  Supreme Court· 1998-11-18· cited 766×
• State v. Lothenbach
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-08-29· cited 192×
• State v. Wiegand
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-06-13· cited 104×
• State v. Britton
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-01-13· cited 90×
• State v. Fort
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-05-01· cited 64×
• State v. McGrath
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2005-12-06· cited 25×
• State v. Siirila
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1971-12-10· cited 22×
• State v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-08-13· cited 17×
• State v. Wicklund
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1973-03-09· cited 16×
• State v. Kouba
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2006-02-07· cited 3×