Commonwealth v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2021
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Illinois v. Gates · Wong Sun v. United States · Ornelas v. United States · United States v. Cortez
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he prerequisite for a warrantless search of a motor vehicle is probable cause to search; no exigency beyond the inherent mobility of a motor vehicle is required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a search conducted without a warrant is presumed to be unreasonable unless it can be justified under a recognized exception to the search warrant requirement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“where police possess probable cause to search a car, a warrantless search is permissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.