DeMoss v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A search is unreasonable and violates the protections of the Fourth Amendment if it exceeds the scope of the authorizing warrant. U.S. Const. Amend. IV ; see Long v. State , 532 S.W.2d 591 , 596 (Tex.Crim.App. 1975). While the scope of the search warrant is governed by its terms, the search may be as extensive as is reasonably required to locate items described in the warrant. U.S. Const. Amend. IV ; Haynes v. State , 475 S.W.2d 739 , 741-42 (Tex.Crim.App. 1971). If the scope of the search is challenged because of the location where the items were found, the officer must show that he was properly in the place where the item was found, either on basis of the search warrant or under the authority of an exception to the warrant requirement. Snider v. State , 681 S.W.2d 60 , 62-62 (Tex.Crim.App. 1984); Swink v. State , 747 S.W.2d 53 , 54 (Tex.App.-Texarkana 1988, no writ)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 908 So. 2d 273 - Smith v. State

2. “•appellant engaged in sexual contact with K.H. by touching her genitals (count one) and breast (count two); •with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person; and •K.H. was a child under 17 and not appellant’s spouse.”

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