State v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the State did not meet its burden to show that an officer’s decision to impound a vehicle served a community caretaking purpose
• “Probable cause requires less than a preponderance of the evidence and is based on the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent persons, not legal technicians, 5 act.” (citation modified)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Adams
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2025-08-11
• State v. Loza
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2025-09-18
• State v. Horn
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2025-12-09
• State v. Lutz
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2026-04-06
• State of Idaho v. MONTREZ LUSHON MAYBERRY
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2026-06-18

Cites

28 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Wong Sun v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
• South Dakota v. Opperman
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-06· cited 3,445×
• Colorado v. Bertine
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-14· cited 1,722×
• District of Columbia v. Wesby
  Supreme Court· 2018-01-22· cited 652×
• State v. Weaver
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1995-07-25· cited 169×
• State v. Bishop
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2009-01-30· cited 158×
• State v. Lang
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1983-11-21· cited 133×
• State v. Hoskins
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2019-06-13· cited 84×
• State v. Weber
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1989-07-05· cited 79×
• State v. Julian
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1996-07-31· cited 76×
• State v. Alger
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1979-12-06· cited 51×
• State v. Smith
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1991-06-28· cited 46×
• State v. Filip Danney
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2012-03-01· cited 40×
• State v. Clarke
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2019-06-12· cited 36×
• State v. Howard
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2021-10-05· cited 34×
• State v. Lee
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2017-09-22· cited 29×
• State v. Maddox
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2002-06-13· cited 23×
• State v. McDay
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2018-12-26· cited 17×
• Donny Picazo v. Edward J. Alameida, Director
  Ninth Circuit· 2004-05-05· cited 14×