Maxwell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

77 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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In line with Matlock , we have stated that, in order for a third person to validly consent to a search, that person must have equal control and equal use of the property searched. And we have recently emphasized that the third party's legal property interest is not dispositive in determining whether he has the authority to consent to a search, saying that "common authority derives from the mutual use of the property, not the ownership or lack thereof.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Texas v. Copeland, Shirley

2. “At a suppression hearing, the trial judge is the sole and exclusive trier of fact and judge of the credibility of the witnesses and their testimony.”

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