State v. Lemieux’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. “: [First, t]he police must have reasonable grounds to believe that there is an emergency at hand and an immediate need for their assistance for the protection of life or property ... [and second, t]here must be some reasonable basis, approximating probable cause, to associate the emergency with the area or place to be searched. Id. at 788. 6 We also emphasized that a”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ries v. State · Lum v. Koles

2. “Id. While inside, the officers observed the murder victim's electronic benefit transfer (EBT) card in plain view. Id. at 786 . The officers subsequently secured a search warrant for the home. Id. During the execution of the search warrant, they discovered more items belonging to the victim, as well as items implicating Lemieux as the assailant. Id. Lemieux challenged the”

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

3. “warrantless search must be 'strictly circumscribed by the exigencies which justify its initiation.' " Id. (quoting Mincey , 437 U.S. at 393 , 98 S.Ct. 2408 ). That is, a warrantless search must be "limited by the type of emergency involved. It cannot be used as the occasion for a general voyage of discovery unrelated to the purpose of the entry.”

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