State v. Feemster’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The officers in this proceeding could clearly identify the property to be searched ‘in sufficient detail and particularity that the officer[s] executing the warrant’ could readily ascertain it and thus comport with [§ 542.276.6(5)] pertaining to search warrants. The facts of this case parallel those in United States v. Gitcho, 601 F.2d 369 (8th Cir.), cert, denied, 444 U.S. 871 , 100 S.Ct. 148 , 62 L.Ed.2d 96 (1979), upholding a search warrant for 4144 Geraldine in St. Louis County, whereas the address of the premises to be searched was 4146 Geraldine. In Gitcho , as in this case, police had the property at the 4146 address under surveillance and the premises intended to be searched were those actually searched. In Gitcho the 8th Circuit found the search warrant valid despite the fact that it was technically incorrect as it ‘was reasonable for the location intended,’ and the evil of search of a mistaken premises was not reasonably probable.””

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