809 So. 2d 923 - State v. Brisban’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

79 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Warrantless entries into the home for arrest or seizure are invalid in the absence of exigent circumstances. Pay- ton v. New York, 445 U.S. 573 , 100 S.Ct. 1371 , 63 L.Ed.2d 639 (1980). The Fourth Amendment has drawn a firm line at the entrance to the home, and a police officer therefore needs both probable cause to arrest or search and exigent circumstances to justify a non-consensual warrantless intrusion into a private premises. State v. Talbert, 449 So.2d 446 (La.1984); State v. Hathaway, 411 So.2d 1074 (La.1982).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 878 So. 2d 758 - State v. Lewis · State v. Washington

2. “[e]xigent circumstances may arise from the need to prevent the offender's escape, minimize the possibility of a violent confrontation which could cause injury to the officers and the public, and preserve evidence from destruction or concealment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Doussan · State v. Simmons

3. “an almost implicit understanding and custom in this country that, in the absence of signs or warning, a residence may be approached and occupants summoned to the door by knocking,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington · 950 So. 2d 135 - State v. Wallace