State v. Dunlap’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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. “[p]olice safety and the preservation of evidence remain the preeminent determinants of exigency.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Interest of J.A. · 386 N.J. Super. 143 - State v. Carroll

2. “Nothing in this opinion should be viewed as a retrenchment from the well-established principles governing the automobile exception to the warrant requirement.... The standards remain the same: probable cause and exigent circumstances, each of which to be determined on a case-by-case basis. [ State v. Dunlap, supra, 185 N.J. at 551, 888 A. 2d 1278 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 386 N.J. Super. 143 - State v. Carroll

3. “cannot be invoked where a defendant has no capacity to reach the interior of the vehicle to destroy evidence or to endanger the police.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 386 N.J. Super. 143 - State v. Carroll