Laney v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 72 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We have used an objective standard of reasonableness in determining whether a warrantless search is justified under the Emergency Doctrine.” This objective standard looks at the police officer’s conduct and “takes into account the facts and circumstances known to the police at the time of the search.” Furthermore, we look to ensure that the warrantless search is “strictly circumscribed by the exigencies which justify its initiation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Michael Fred Wehrenberg v. State

2. “sweep” of that residence if an officer has a reasonable belief of an immediate need to protect or preserve life or avoid serious injury). . See generally, 40 George E. Dix and Robert O. Dawson, Texas Practice: Criminal Practice and Procedure § 7.34 (2d ed.2001). . Tex Code Crim. Proc. art. 15.22. In this Court, appellee now argues that the trial court”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sheppard

3. “{26} [W]hile both [the community caretaker or public servant doctrine and the emergency aid doctrine] are based on an officer’s reasonable belief in the need to act pursuant to his or her “community care-taking functions,” the emergency doctrine is limited to the functions of protecting or preserving life or avoiding serious injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Ryon