Watson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 1996
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Sedillo v. United States · Harris v. United States · Johnson v. United States · United States v. Causey
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[P]lain view is obtained without any prior entry or opening of the vehicle. . . . when the car itself is in plain view and it is subject to seizure as evidence of a crime. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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