Simmons v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 14 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Here, instead of announcing their intention to search whether permission was given or not, the officers in formed defendant that unless permission was given they would be compelled to go back to town and procure a search warrant. There was no coercion about the defendant’s subsequent agreement and consent that the search be made without a warrant. He therefore waived his right to require that the officers obtain a search warrant before searching his premises.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2 Tenn. Crim. App. 479 - Thurman v. State

2. ““It is true a defendant may waive his rights relative to searches and seizures under the Constitutions of Tennessee and the United States. Frix v. State, 148 Tenn. 478 , 256 S.W. 449 ; U. S. v. Jones, 7 Cir., 204 F.2d 745 . It is also true that for a search without a warrant to be valid the entry must be without coercion. Byrd v. State, 161 Tenn. 306 , 30 S.W.2d 273 .””

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