Gonzales v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[e]vidence is not `obtained in violation' of a provision of law if there is no causal connection between the illegal conduct and the acquisition of the evidence.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gonzales v. State · Pham v. State

2. “§ 52.02(b) is not an independent exclusionary statute”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gonzales v. State · Pham v. State

3. “The entire process, from the moment of appellant's arrest until later release to the juvenile detention facility, lasted about five hours. The arresting officer made no attempt to notify appellant's parents. Furthermore the record suggests that appellant's parents were not notified of his arrest until he was processed into the juvenile detention facility, five to six hours after he was initially taken into custody.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gonzales v. State