Gordon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
47 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Heitman v. State (1991), Garcia v. State (1992)
47 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.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2518 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 19 U.S.C. § 1581 (Tariff Act of 1930)
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · United States v. Leon · Mapp v. Ohio · Aguilar v. Texas · Chimel v. California
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“After analyzing the issue, we also believe our decision to overrule Bain [v. State, 677 S.W.2d 51 (Tex.Cr.App.1984) ] and Dodson [v. State, 646 S.W.2d 177 (Tex.Cr.App.1983) ] was incorrect, [footnote omitted] Those cases stand for the proposition that if a valid stop is made for any reason (e.g., an actual offense) and the officer’s objective conduct in response (i.e., search, questioning, transport) does not exceed the constitutional and statutory limits applicable to such a stop, additional subjective intentions, suspicions, or motivations on the part of the officers are irrelevant. In other words, as we have stated ante, although there may be other Fourth Amendment violations leading to suppression, there is no “pretext doctrine” applicable. To the extent Black [v. State, 739 S.W.2d 240 (Tex.Cr.App.1987) ] stands for the proposition cited in Amador-Gonzalez [v. United States, 391 F.2d 308 (5th Cir. 1968)] but disavowed in Causey it is overruled.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Vercher v. State · Foster v. State“Before me, Tommy Turner, Assistant Criminal District Attorney of Lubbock County, Texas, this day personally appeared C.H. Blanchard, who, after being sworn, upon oath says that he has good reason to believe and does believe and charge that one Leroy Green ... on or about the 12th day of January, A.D. 1975, and before the making of this complaint in Lubbock County, and State of Texas, did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual, Warren Andrew McKay, by shooting him with a gun....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Brooks v. State · State v. Martin“there [was] no doubt the complaint [was] wholly conclusory. There [were] factual conclusions, but as in Knox , no ‘actual basis’ for those conclusions. Affiant ‘S. Hall’ recites he or she ‘have [sic] good reason to believe and do believe’ appellant, on or about a certain date, unlawfully failed to appear in the municipal court of Deer Park. There is no allegation why such failure was unlawful or how affiant came to have such knowledge. While the ‘complaint’ may have the statutory requirements for procedural validity, it lacks the necessary indicia of reliability demonstrated by facts showing probable cause for the magistrate to have made a proper evaluation for the allegations before issuing the warrant. It is in the form of a charge, not a supporting affidavit. There being no probable cause set forth in the complaint, the arrest of appellant was illegal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Martin
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.