State v. Leutenegger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[w]hether a police officer under the circumstances known to the officer at the time [of entry] reasonably believes that delay in procuring a warrant would gravely endanger life ....'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 Wis. 2d 421 - State v. Brandl · 2007 WI App 147 - State v. Larsen

2. “hold that an attached garage is part of the curtilage”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brett W. Dumstrey · 333 Wis. 2d 490 - State v. Davis

3. “[I]n a particular case, a house and attached garage maybe situated such that entry through an open garage door to an "exterior" house door within the garage may appear to be the least intrusive means of establishing contact with an occupant. Under such circumstances, [police entry into] an attached garage might be [permissible] for the limited purpose of making contact with an occupant, similar to some porches.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 333 Wis. 2d 490 - State v. Davis