Gillett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) No evidence obtained by an officer or other person in violation of any provisions of the Constitution or laws of the State of Texas, or of the Constitution or laws of the United States of America, shall be admitted in evidence against the accused on the trial of any criminal case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ruiz, Lauro Eduardo · Carroll v. State

2. “Article 38.23 was enacted at a time when private persons frequently made unreasonable searches and seizures, and it was a specific response to this Court's holding in a case that involved a search in which private persons joined. To give full effect to the statute, we must hold that it applies to evidence obtained through unreasonable searches or seizures that are made by officers or other persons alike.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Miles v. State

3. “The Texas [exclusionary] statute lays down a rule far broader than that existing in any other state and goes much beyond the doctrine of the Boyd and Weeks cases. In the first place, while the federal rule excludes only evidence illegally obtained by federal officers, and those cooperating with them, the Texas statute makes a clean sweep and excludes evidence thus obtained by anyone.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Miles v. State