McReynolds v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. “simply did not wait for a failure to respond.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 589 So. 2d 781 - Jackson v. State · 593 So. 2d 130 - Levett v. State

2. “"[A] verbal or affirmative refusal from the occupants of a dwelling is not always required before officers may make a forced entry to execute a warrant, Laffitte v. State , 370 So.2d 1108 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 370 So.2d 1111 (Ala. 1979). [C]ases have held that there must be either (a) 'some positive conduct on the part of the occupants indicating that they are not going to open the door,' from which the officers may 'assum[e] that they [have] been denied admittance,' Annot., 70 A.L.R.3d 217 , 224 (1976) (quoted with approval in Laffitte v. State, supra , 370 So.2d at 1110), or (b) a 'fail[ure] to respond within a reasonable time, [from which] refusal can be presumed.' Irwin v. State , 415 So.2d 1181 , 1183 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 971 , 103 S.Ct. 302 , 74 L.Ed.2d 283 (1982)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 593 So. 2d 130 - Levett v. State

3. “'positive conduct' by the occupants of the [trailer] from which the officers could conclude that the appellant either was not going to open the door or was destroying evidence. Compare Shaneyfelt v. State , 494 So.2d 804 , 807 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986) (occupants were 'moving around' and saying 'police, police'); Connor v. State , 382 So.2d 601 , 603 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), cert. denied, Ex parte Connor , 382 So.2d 605 (Ala. 1980) ('scurrying'); Laffitte v. State, supra ('running'); Daniels v. State , 391 So.2d 1021 (Ala. 1980) ('movement').”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 593 So. 2d 130 - Levett v. State