Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
May 1978
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chimel v. California · Preston v. United States · Fields v. State · McCormick v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under such proper circumstances, when the person is obviously intoxicated, the arresting officer may lawfully search in the driver’s seat for evidence to sustain his belief that the person is intoxicated, and that he may have an open-bottle in the front seat with him.” (Emphasis original)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wing v. State
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.