Riojas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““MY BELIEF OF THE AFORESAID STATEMENT IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FACTS: I Officer D. H. Pfeifer, a police Detective for the city of Grand Prairie, have been investigating the aggravated robbery of the Buddies Supermarket on N. Carrier in Grand Prairie. During the investigation officers found a white pick-up truck used in the robbery and positively identified by an eyewitness to the robbery as being used in the robbery. A witness who knows John Doescher personally has stated to the affiant that, he observed Doescher drive up and park the pick-up used in the robbery where it was found. This witness saw this the night of the robbery and shortly thereafter. Two eyewitnesses of the robbery did positively identify John Doescher⅛ photograph as being the robber. This identification occurred on this date of 1-9-75. The address to be searched is the address of John Doescher and Doescher has even listed this as his address with his parole officer. Doescher is presently on parole for robbery and has been seen by the affiant entering and leaving 2038 Fort Worth Street on several occasions within the past two weeks. The license plate on the pick-up used in the robbery is registered to a man named Tag-gert at 2038 Fort Worth Street and the affiant knows Taggert to be a friend of Doescher. On 1-9-75 person or persons unknown called the affiant by phone and stated ‘that John Doescher robbed the Buddies store and has the gun and bag used in the robbery at 2038 Fort Worth Avenue at this time.’ M”

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

2. “The search warrant incorporates by reference the affidavit wherein the place to be searched is described with particularity. This would be sufficient to make the description of the place to be searched a part of the warrant itself.”

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

3. ““We therefore hold that the overruling of any pre-trial motion to suppress is sufficient to preserve error in the admission of the evidence made the basis of the motion to suppress.””

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