Brames v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The present view is that 'the consent of one who possesses common authority over premises or effects is valid as against the absent nonconsenting person with whom that authority is shared.' (citations omitted) 'Common authority' depends on 'mutual use of the property by persons generally having joint access or control for most purposes, so that it is reasonable to recognize that any of the cohabitants has the right to permit the inspection in his own right and that the others have assumed the risk that one of their number might permit the common area to be searched.'" (citations omitted).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harper v. State · State v. Jorgensen