Adkisson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Opening the door to ascertain the purpose of an interruption to the private enjoyment of the home is not an invitation to enter, but rather is a common courtesy of civilized society. Attendant to this courtesy is the ability to exclude those who are knocking and preserve the integrity of the physical boundaries of the home.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. VanWinkle v. State · Harper v. State

2. “[Where the arrest is attempted by means of a forceful and unlawful entry into a citizen's home, such entry represents the use of excessive force and the arrest cannot be considered peaceable. Therefore, a citizen has the right to reasonably resist the unlawful entry.”

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

3. “'The war-rantless arrest of a person in his or her home requires both probable cause and 'exigent cireumstances ... that make it impracticable to obtain a warrant first.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robin Harper v. State of Indiana