290 Ga. App. 486 - Love v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an officer is in hot pursuit of a fleeing felon, where an officer reasonably fears the imminent destruction of evidence if entry into the residence is not immediately effected, and where an officer reasonably perceives that a suspect within the dwelling poses a risk of danger to the police or others.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 294 Ga. App. 656 - James v. State · 298 Ga. App. 391 - Minor v. State

2. “An exception to the warrant requirement exists ... where the exigencies of the situation make the needs of law enforcement so compelling that the warrantless search is objectively reasonable under the Fourth Amendment.”

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

3. “Those cases applying the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement can be divided into two general categories. The first category addresses those exigent circumstances encountered by police in the pursuit of their traditional law enforcement duties — i.e., their duty to enforce criminal and traffic laws and to prevent, detect, and investigate crime. [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 Ga. App. 897 - Dade v. State