Murray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “requires proof of a nexus between a defendant's possession of the firearm and the defendant's commission of the felony drug offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Maness v. State · Murray v. State

2. “) in the kitchen; (3) marijuana residue in a bedroom drawer and on the screening tin; (4) a loaded.44 magnum handgun inside a fur-lined case in the bedside table drawer; and (5) a gun cleaning kit and boxes of ammunition in a bucket in the bedroom. The officers later found a marijuana”

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

3. “consider a number of factors, including whether Miranda warnings were given before the later statement, the time between the initial illegality and the later statement, the presence of intervening circumstances, and the purpose and flagrancy of the official misconduct.”

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