People v. Coffee’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2002
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chimel v. California · 16 Cal. 3d 263 - People v. Ramey · 6 Cal. 3d 239 - People v. Block · 23 Cal. 3d 800 - People v. Escudero · 9 Cal. 3d 290 - People v. Sommerhalder
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a situation where swift action is required to forestall imminent escape of a suspect, destruction of evidence or danger to life or property.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.