State v. Lemacks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellant’s vehicle was left unattended, with the keys [on the floorboard], and parked in such manner as to constitute a hazard to vehicular traffic. In so leaving his automobile, he should reasonably have foreseen that the police authorities would find it necessary, as they did, to remove the vehicle in order to eliminate its threat to public safety. By leaving the vehicle unattended with the keys readily available, appellant, in effect, left the trunk unlocked. Certainly, he, by so doing, asserted no constitutional right to privacy. Under the facts of this case, such exposure of his vehicle and its contents to the public constituted an abandonment for constitutional purposes and removed it from the protection of the Fourth Amendment to the Federal Constitution and Article 1, Section 10, of the South Carolina constitution. [Citation omitted.]””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 13 Kan. App. 2d 384 - State v. Brunson

2. “incident to [the vehicle's] lawful impoundment and removal to police headquarters because [the vehicle's] presence in the highway created a serious traffic hazard”

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