Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search or seizure, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or thing to be seized.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. S.A. v. State · SA v. State

2. “"The courts of this state have construed [the habitual offender] provision to require proof that the second offense was committed after conviction and sentencing on the first and that the principal offense was committed after conviction and sentencing on the second. Proof of the date of commission of the felony for which enhancement has been sought is required if a different jury hears the habitual part of the trial, but proof of conviction of the principal offense is not required, even when a second jury is impaneled. A trial judge cannot lawfully render a sentence upon a defendant's status as an habitual offender without the conviction of the primary underlying felony but once the issue has been decided, it becomes the law of the case and is outside of the realm of the second assembled jury. [Citations omitted.] The date upon which an offense may have been committed may be found in the State's charging instruments, in tran- seripts of guilty plea proceedings, within the evidence admitted at trial and in the jury instructions given by the court. The date of commission is not part of the fact of a prior conviction, the proof of which is restricted to authenticated documents. [Citation omitted.]"”

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

3. “Probable cause to arrest depends upon whether, at the moment the arrest was made... the facts and circumstances within the arresting officers' knowledge and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient to warrant a prudent person in believing that the suspect had committed or is committing an offense.”

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