Primus v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Common authority rests on the mutual use of the property by persons generally having joint access or control for most purposes, so that it is reasonable to recognize that any of the cohabitants has the right to permit the inspection in his or her own right and that the others have assumed the risk that one of their number might permit the common area to be searched.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Starks v. State · Hill v. State

2. “Under the apparent authority doctrine, a search is lawful if the facts available to the officer at the time would cause a person of reasonable caution to believe that the consenting party had authority over the premises.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Starks v. State · Hill v. State

3. “As with other factual determinations bearing upon search.and seizure, determination of consent to. enter must be judged against an objective standard: would the facts available to the officer at the moment warrant a person of reasonable caution in the belief that the consenting party had authority over the premises. [Rodriguez, 497 U.S. at 188 , 110 S.Ct. 2793 ]. If not, then warrant-less entry without further inquiry is unlawful unless' authority actually exists. Id. But if so, the search is valid. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Timmie Bradley v. State of Indiana