Ruiz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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

1. ““Although an affidavit may be based on hearsay information and need not reflect the direct personal observations of the affiant, Jones v. United States, 362 U.S. 257 , 80 S.Ct. 725 , 4 L.Ed.2d 697 , [ 78 A.L.R.2d 233 ,] the magistrate must be informed of some of the underlying circumstances from which the informant concluded that the narcotics were where he claimed they were, and some of the underlying circumstances from which the officer concluded that the informant, whose identity need not be disclosed, see Rugendorf v. United States, 376 U.S. 528 , 84 S.Ct. 825 , [ 11 L.Ed.2d 887 ,] was ‘credible’ or his information ‘reliable.’ ” 378 U.S. at 114 , 84 S.Ct. at 1514.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Polanco v. State · Wetherby v. State

2. “"Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared the undersigned affiants, who being by me severally sworn, upon their oaths state, that: A certain building, house and place, occupied and used as a private residence, located in Austin, Travis County, Texas, described as a yellow and silver trailer with a small grove of banana trees growing across the front of the trailer. The trailer is designated as 23A located in Pecan Grove Trailer Park, 1518 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas and being the building, house or place of DUDLEY BRYANT, WM dob 5-23-28, APD #8191 and other person or persons unknown to affiants by name, identity or description is a place where we each have reason to believe and do believe that said party so occupying and using, as a private residence, the said building, house and place has in his possession therein narcotic drugs, as that term is defined by law, and contrary to the provisions of law, and for the purpose of the unlawful sale thereof, and where such narcotic drugs are unlawfully sold; that on or about the 11th day of July, A.D., 1969, Affiants have received information from a reliable and credible informant that DUDLEY BRYANT, WM dob 5-23-28, APD#8191, is keeping and selling narcotics to-wit HEROIN in his residence at 23A Pecan Grove Trailer Park, 1518 Barton Springs Road, Austin, Travis County, Texas. The informant further states that people are going up to the trailer house belonging to DUDLEY BRYANT, going i”

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

3. “... if the officer simply avers, without more, that there is gambling paraphernalia on certain premises, the warrant should not issue, even though the belief of the officer is an honest one, as evidenced by his oath, and even though the magistrate knows him to be an experienced, intelligent officer who has been reliable in the past.”

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