Niles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As with other factual determinations bearing upon search and seizure, determination of consent to enter must be judged against an objective standard: would the facts available to the officer at the moment warrant a man of reasonable caution in the belief that the consenting party had authority over the premises? If not, then warrantless entry without further inquiry is unlawful unless authority actually exists. But if so, the search is valid.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 337 Ga. App. 875 - The State v. Rucker · MASSEY v. the STATE.

2. “even if the consenting third party did not in fact have authority to give consent to [search], where police reasonably believed that the third party had such authority, this constitutes apparent authority which validates the [search]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MASSEY v. the STATE.