State v. Steelman’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
67
cited by 67 later decisions
2
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
67 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. United States · Muniz v. State · Bell v. State · Glass v. State · Hulit v. State
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he odor of marijuana, standing alone, does not authorize a warrantless search and seizure in a home.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“even though appellees' [sic] argued that both the warrantless arrests and the search pursuant to the warrant were illegal, the State contended that the evidence should not be suppressed solely because the warrantless arrest and warrantless search were legal. The State, for whatever reason, choose [sic] not to rely upon the search warrant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pair v. State · State v. Steelman“Ian opened the door, stepped outside, and closed the door behind him. When Ian opened the door, the officers smelled the odor of burnt marijuana. The officers asked Ian for identification. Ian informed the officers that he would have to retrieve his identification from inside the house. He then opened the door, walked back through it, and attempted to close it behind him. At that point, one of the officers placed his foot in the doorway and prevented Ian from closing the door. The officers then burst through the doorway, handcuffed all of the occupants, including Leo, and placed them all under arrest. At that point, the officers contacted narcotics agent David Varner. Varner arrived at the scene and smelled marijuana inside the residence. After asking for, but not receiving, appellees' consent to search the residence, Varner left to obtain a search warrant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pair v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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