Corea v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The apparent authority doctrine for consenting to a search should not be applied so strictly that it becomes unworkable and places too heavy a burden on police. The rule, however, does not allow law enforcement officers to proceed without inquiry into ambiguous circumstances or to always accept at face value the consenting party's apparent assumption or claim of authority to allow the contemplated search.”

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

2. “because the State did not sustain its burden to establish that [the brother-in-law] had actual or apparent authority to consent to the search.”

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

3. “obligated to investigate further to determine if [the brother-in-law] truly had the authority to consent to a search of the bedroom.”

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