State v. Bogan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he question is not whether the police could have done something different, but whether their actions, when viewed as a whole, were objectively reasonable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 421 N.J. Super. 180 - State v. Witczak · 425 N.J. Super. 546 - State v. Craft

2. “We need not resolve whether the emergency aid doctrine or exigent circumstances also would have allowed the police officers to enter the apartment without a warrant to ensure the safety of [the youth] or other potential victims. Here, the community caretaking doctrine provided sufficient justification for the steps taken by the police. As noted, there was no headlong rush into the apartment by the police. The carefully modulated response of the officers, and of Sergeant Donato in particular, falls within the well-accepted limits of the community caretaking exception to the warrant requirement. [ 200 N.J. at 80 , 975 A.2d 377 .]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 420 N.J. Super. 524 - State v. Kaltner

3. “the warrantless entry of the . . . apartment under the community caretaker exception comported with both our federal and state constitutions,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 421 N.J. Super. 180 - State v. Witczak