Christian v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
27
cited by 27 later decisions
3
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Chapman v. State of California · Wong Sun v. United States · Adams v. Williams · Brown v. Illinois
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“crack” is defined as "any break that allows moisture to penetrate the interior of the lamp unit or allows a white light to be emitted to the rear of any vehicle.” Rides and Regulations at C-18 and C-19. . Art. 6701d, §§ 147 and 148(a), V.A.C.S., provides that "except for the offense of speeding, an officer may arrest and take into custody one seen committing a traffic offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vicknair v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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