Morris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]hen we treat an offense based on a statutorily defined element of “custody,” resort to decisions construing the meaning of “seizure” in the Fourth Amendment is not likely to solve the problem .... [W]hether a person was “seized” is merely a threshold inquiry in determining a claim that an intrusion upon his liberty or privacy occurred without particularized and objective justification required in the circumstances to render the “seizure” reasonable. Therefore, a “seizure” for purposes of the Fourth Amendment does not necessarily equate with “custody” within the meaning of [the escape statute]. So, federal decisions relied on by the majority do not dictate our construction of a state statute in which the critical component is “custody,” not “seizure.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Medford v. State

2. “A person commits an offense if he escapes from custody when he is: (1) under arrest for, charged with, or convicted of an offense; or (2) in custody pursuant to a lawful order of a court.”

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

3. “actually placed under restraint or taken into custody by an officer.” One is perhaps free to conclude from the Morris opinion that the word”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Schrader v. State