Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[There are two occasions on which a [vehicle} search without a warrant may be justified as reasonable: one is where the search is incident to a lawful arrest; and, the second is when probable cause exists to believe that the defendant is in possession of that which is subject, by law, to seizure. However, the second occasion is limited by the requirement that there be "exigent cireumstances."”

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

2. “there is no lawful predicate for a search of the driver or the vehicle absent special cireumstances where the officer has probable cause to search the area in which the arrestee may reach for a weapon or destroy evidence.”

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