Long v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “1. THERE IS IN SEVEN POINTS, HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, A SUSPECTED PLACE AND PREMISES DESCRIBED AND LOCATED AS FOLLOWS: An unnamed business establishment known locally as Train's is located at 1075 Pritchett Lane, Seven Points, Henderson County, Texas. The structure is a silver in color passenger train car. The passenger train car is located north, 8/10 of a mile from State Highway 334 on the west side of Pritchett Lane, Seven Points, Henderson County, Texas. In front of this silver in color passenger train car is a black mail box located on the west side of Pritchett Lane with the numbers "1075". This is the only silver in color passenger train car located on Pritchett Lane 8/10 of a mile north of State Highway 334, Seven Points, Henderson County, Texas. [11]”

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

2. “Crime, even in the privacy of one's own quarters, is, of course, of grave concern to society, and the law allows such crime to be reached on proper showing. The right of officers to thrust themselves into a home is also a grave concern, not only to the individual but to a society which chooses to dwell in reasonable security and freedom from surveillance. When the right of privacy must reasonably yield to the right of search is, as a rule, to be decided by a judicial officer, not by a policeman or government enforcement agent. [28]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Long v. State

3. “Had [the affiant] wanted to search the red caboose, which was established as being known as Appellant's residence, he had only to include sufficient information in his affidavit to establish probable cause to search the Appellant's residence, the red caboose, and, based on that probable cause affidavit, to obtain a search warrant for the red caboose, duly signed by the reviewing magistrate. [34]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Long v. State