Spight v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
22 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 232nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Florida v. Royer · Ornelas v. United States · United States v. Matlock
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the trial court did not abuse its discretion by finding that the State met its burden of proof to establish that [Officer] Davis acted reasonably under the circumstances by relying on Wunderlich's apparent authority to consent to the search.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Whisenhunt 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.