172 Wis. 2d 110 - State v. Moss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he occupant’s right of privacy is severely limited where the police have satisfied the Fourth Amendment’s probable cause and warrant requirements. In such a case, the officers possess the authority to intrude upon the privacy of the home regardless of the occupant’s wishes and irrespective of his activity at the time of the intrusion.... Ruse entries are invariably characterized by some degree of advance notice; the occupant is expecting an entry. The entry is consensual, if the ruse works.”

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

2. “that police officers seeking to enter a dwelling in execution of a warrant must announce their presence (identity) and purpose and allow time for the door to be opened. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Wis. 2d 410 - State v. Stevens

3. “describing the place to be searched and the ... things to be seized.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Wis. 2d 410 - State v. Stevens