Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““Therefore, even by today’s standards, we find that the exemption in section 2 of article 2135, V.A.C.S. is reasonable. If women who are primarily engaged in the care of their children under age ten were not granted this exemption they would have to personally and, individually present any claims of hardship to the court under article 35.03, V.A.C.C.P. Therefore, we find that the State has a legitimate interest in creating this optional exemption because it allows those persons most likely to have a legitimate claim of hardship to present it in an orderly manner.””

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

2. “A reversal of a judgment is necessary when fruits of a search and seizure made incident to an illegal arrest are admitted over a timely objection, but an unlawful arrest itself does not necessarily require the reversal of a judgment of conviction.”

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

3. ““All persons who have legal custody of a child or children under the age of ten years if jury service by that person would necessitate leaving the child or children without adequate supervision.””

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