329 So. 2d 704 - State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

1976

Citation profile

cited by 27 later decisions

states following

April 2011

most recently cited

27 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently April 2011 · most notably 351 So. 2d 489 - State v. Rey (1977), State v. Page (1996)

27 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Ker v. State of California · Cree v. Goldstein · 290 So. 2d 681 - State v. Paciera · 315 So. 2d 675 - State v. Carlisle

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

“In order to make an arrest, a peace officer who has announced his authority and purpose, may break open an outer or inner door or window of any vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, dwelling or other structure, movable or immovable, where the person to be arrested is or is reasonably believed to be, if he is refused or otherwise obstructed from admittance. The peace officer need not announce his authority and purpose when to do so would imperil the arrest. (emphasis supplied).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Richardson v. Henderson · 693 So. 2d 282 - State v. Thompson
“"In order to execute a search warrant a peace officer may use such means for force as are authorized for arrest by”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 693 So. 2d 282 - State v. Thompson · 453 So. 2d 314 - Coutee v. American Druggist Ins. Co. of Cincinnati
“That probable cause does exist for the issuance of a search warrant authorizing the search of rooms 219, 220 and 230 of La Quinta Inn located at 8400 1-10 Service Road, New Orleans, Louisiana. * * * * * * [o]n June 30, 1994, Officer Keith Simone, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office (JPSO) Narcotics, and Ralph Hollman (sic), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) New Orleans assigned to the New Orleans Airport, made a profile stop of a suspected drug trafficker, Kevin Mitchell, using the alias Andrew Mitchell, who was traveling to Los Angeles, a narcotics source city. Mitchell stated that he was visiting family members in New Orleans and was returning to Los Angeles. After Mitchell gave permission for a search of his person, officers found a piece of paper from a La Quinta Inn tablet. When asked where he was staying, Mitchell stated La Quinta Inn near the airport. Officers checked with Delta Airlines, the air carrier issuing his ticket, and found that he had given the phone number 246-5800, the phone number of the La Quinta Inn located at 8400 1-10 Service Road in New Orleans, as his home number. At this point, Mitchell furnished officers with his real name, Kevin Mitchell, and correct date of birth, September 30, 1967. Hollman (sic) then queried the NADAS criminal history computer and discovered that Mitchell had an extensive narcotics record, as well as a murder charge. In addition, Mitchell admitted to having been a member of the Bloods gang in Los Angeles. Mitchell was not wanted and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. State v. Page

How this case has been treated — in progress

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