Blincoe v. People’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

49 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “• • Only after the officers failed to find anyone at home and were informed that one of the persons who resided in the house was then present in the back yard, did the officers enter the curtilage of the premises. The curtilage concept came from the court’s desire to protect not only a citizen’s house, but his grounds as well, from intrusions and an invasion of privacy. The police conduct was reasonable under the circumstances before us, and no claim can be made that a right of privacy was infringed. In this limited factual situation, the officers’ presence on the property for the legitimate purpose of making inquiry about stolen goods was justified.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. McGahey

2. ““Suppression was not required in this case primarily because the record failed to support the defendant’s contention that the officers were engaged in a search when they observed the adding machine and cash register in plain view. See Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 U.S. 443 , 91 S.Ct. 2022 , 29 L.Ed.2d 564 (1971) [the principal case cited by our majority in support of their ruling today]. To the contrary, the officers’ presence on the premises was for the avowed purpose of making inquiry about the stolen articles. Only after the officers failed to find anyone at home and were informed that one of the”

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