Perkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “when [the officer] was assaulted by appellant, [the officer] was, pursuant to the provisions of Art. 2.12 [Tex.Code Crim. Proc.Ann.], supra, a peace officer. However, we also hold that [the officer] was without lawful authority or power to make a warrantless arrest of appellant for committing a traffic offense, because he was then acting outside of his jurisdictional limits as prescribed by Section 51.-203, [Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 51.203] supra. [[Image here]] Because [the officer] was not lawfully discharging an official duty when appellant assaulted him, the evidence is insufficient to sustain appellant’s conviction for the offense of aggravated assault on a peace officer.”

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

2. “[w]e believe that the ordinance operates so as to limit the activities of Houston airport police to property under the control of the airport. Houston airport police officers are even limited to what they can do on city airports (i.e. must call Houston Police for traffic accidents involving serious bodily injuries). From the wording of the ordinance, conducting arrests for traffic offenses committed off, and in no way connected to, city airports is clearly not within the actual course and scope of employment of a Houston airport police officer....”

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

3. “The governing boards of each state institution of higher education may employ campus security personnel for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sub-chapter and may commission them as peace officers. Any officer commissioned under this section is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers while on the property under the control and jurisdiction of the institution of higher education or otherwise in the performance of his duties.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gary L. Graf v. State