Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 17 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “there is nothing in Georgia law that creates a blanket authorization for warrantless searches of probationers’ homes based on less than probable cause, this statute clearly attempts to severely limit probationers’ rights against arrest, even at home without a warrant, based on less than probable cause. The statutory limitation of rights is subject only to constitutional limitations, and... the constitutional limitations themselves are affected by the statute’s existence. The statute places probationers on notice that their rights have been limited and, in turn, diminishes their expectation of privacy. 22”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Evans v. State

2. “the State, which bears the burden of proving the legality of the search of [Evans’s residence], failed to show the existence of any law, legally authorized regulation, or sentencing order imposing any limitation on [Evans’s] Fourth Amendment right against warrantless searches of his residence at the time of the search. 20”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Evans v. State

3. “not only failed to place Jones on notice that he had a diminished expectation of Fourth Amendment privacy at the time of the search in question, those orders affirmatively suggested precisely the opposite.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Carter