Russell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(W)hen a policeman has made a lawful custodial arrest of the occupant of an automobile, he may, as a contemporaneous incident of that arrest, search the passenger compartment of that automobile. It follows from this conclusion that the police may also examine the contents of any containers found within the passenger compartment.... Such a container may, of course, be searched whether it is open or closed.”

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

2. “(W)e perceive no need for one rule under the Constitution of the United States and another under the Constitution of Texas. Accordingly, we conclude that under Article I, section 9 of the Constitution of Texas, the proper scope of a search of the interior of an automobile incident to a lawful custodial arrest of its occupants is as defined by the Supreme Court in Bel-ton.”

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