State v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the officers subjectively believed that someone inside might need medical assistance; (2) a reasonable person in the same situation would have similarly believed that there was a need for assistance; and (3) there was a reasonable basis to associate the need for assistance with the place searched in light of the preceding 911 domestic violence call.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · State v. Williams

2. “`felt obligated to check his residence ... to briefly look inside to make sure that no one was inside bleeding, hurt, or anything like that.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · State v. Williams

3. “`[V]ictims of domestic violence are sometimes uncooperative with police because they fear retribution from their abusers.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Schultz · State v. Johnson