MacIas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably State v. Smith (1988), United States v. Duff (1987)
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 21 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 65th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Schmerber v. State of California · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · United States v. Consuelo-Gonzalez · United States v. Tonry
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.
“[r]andom testing seeks to deter the probationer from consuming drugs or alcohol by putting her on notice that drug use can be discovered at any time. It also promotes rehabilitation and accountability by providing the probation officer with 'a practical mechanism to determine whether rehabilitation is indeed taking place.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) the purposes sought to be served by probation; (2) the extent to which constitutional rights enjoyed by law-abiding citizens should be accorded to probationers; and (3) the legitimate needs of law enforcement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Briseno v. State“reasonably related to the purposes of probation”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Briseno v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.