Halsema v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably State v. Quirk (2006), Taylor v. State (2006)
35 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
Relies on United States v. Matlock · United States v. Jacobsen · Frazier v. Cupp · United States v. Karo · United States of America v. Joseph N. Basinski
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because Ritchie Halsema enjoyed the exclusive use of at least one of the dresser drawers in Whiteley’s bedroom and because Whiteley specifically advised the officers of that fact, Whiteley did not have actual authority to consent to a search of the drawer where the methamphetamine was found, nor could an officer reasonably believe that she had such authority. In sum, the record here shows that Whiteley had neither the apparent nor actual authority to consent to a search of the dresser drawer. Thus the warrantless search of the drawer without Ritchie Halsema’s consent violated his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lee v. State“In order to prove the element of weight of drugs or controlled substances, the State must either offer evidence of its actual, measured weight or demonstrate that the quantity of the drugs or controlled substances is so large as to permit a reasonable inference that the element of weight has been established.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Espinoza v. State“(als with any other essential element, [the weight of the drug] must be proven by the State beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Espinoza 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.