Quintana v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that one's refusal to open his door and talk to police when they knock does not justify any further intrusion by the police
• holding that when police are conducting a knock and talk, “[u]nless an officer has probable cause to obtain a warrant or exigent circumstances arise, the intrusion can go no further that the approach to the obvious public entrance of the house.”
• stating that the procedure may be utilized “for the purpose of obtaining information about a crime that has been committed, a pending investigation, or matters of public welfare.”
• “[T]he basic rule is that police with legitimate business may enter the areas of the curtilage which are impliedly open to use by the public.”
• \[T]he basic rule is that police with legitimate business may enter the areas of the curtilage which are impliedly open to use by the public.\
• \[T]he basic rule is that police with legitimate business may enter the areas of the curtilage which are impliedly open to use by the public.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Unger
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2014-08-28· cited 113×
• Goncalves v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Ousley
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-03-21· cited 34×
• Bauder v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-10-29· cited 32×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-12-23· cited 23×
• State v. Ryder
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-08-09· cited 20×
• Dunn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-02-23· cited 20×
• Milam v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-05-14· cited 19×
• Maloney v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2016-03-17· cited 11×
• Pace v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2017-03-23· cited 10×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2014-01-10· cited 8×
• People v. Theodore
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2014-02-13· cited 7×
• Lydon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-05-13· cited 3×
• United States v. Boyd
  W.D. Michigan· 2011-06-29· cited 3×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2010-04-16· cited 1×
• Scott Edward Bitter v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2024-09-26
• Christopher Todd Bessinger v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-05-16

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Oliver v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-17· cited 1,923×
• United States v. Dunn
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-20· cited 1,336×
• United States v. Gregory Keith Smith (85-5518), Eric Ross Helton (85-5519), Defendants
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-02-14· cited 92×
• United States v. Noel C. Jenkins (96-5338) Linda L. Jenkins (96-5346)
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-11-17· cited 87×
• United States v. Christopher Todd Thomas
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-12-01· cited 84×
• Joseph Carleton Hardesty v. Hamburg Township
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-09-01· cited 77×
• Daughenbaugh v. City of Tiffin
  Sixth Circuit· 1998-07-31· cited 77×
• Dow Chemical Company v. United States of America, by and Through Anne M. Burford, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-11-09· cited 51×
• Krause v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-10-19· cited 22×
• Perkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-10-05· cited 17×
• Young v. City of Radcliff
  W.D. Kentucky· 2008-05-22· cited 6×
• Cloar v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1984-06-29· cited 3×