Cuero v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “appellant’s argument that [the officer] was trespassing while making his observations do not apply in the instant case. The common law of trespass furthers a range of interests that have nothing to do with privacy and that would not be served by applying the strictures of trespass law to officers. Criminal laws against trespass are prophylactic: they protect against intruders who poach, steal livestock and crops, or vandalize property.”

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

2. “[the officer] crossed over one exterior fence of a condominium complex to observe suspected illegal activity in the parking area of the complex. Even if we were to assume that [appellant] lived in one of the condominiums, a common area parking lot available to owners and guests cannot be considered an ‘area which harbors the intimate activity associated with the sanctity of a man’s home and the privacies of life.’”

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