Scroggins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• arrest just outside motel room held illegal where defendant opened door after police officers knocked and identified themselves, and defendant stepped outside room at officers’ request while they held a gun on him
• arrest just outside motel room held illegal where defendant opened door after police officers knocked and identified themselves, and defendant stepped outside room at officers' request while they held a gun on him
• “[I]t does not matter that a hotel or motel room is not a permanent residence; one registered at a motel or hotel as a guest is protected against unreasonable searches and seizures by the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Arthur Maez
  Tenth Circuit· 1989-04-19· cited 163×
• People v. Oliver
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1983-09-19· cited 60×
• Perry v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-07-16· cited 39×
• State v. Morse
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1984-08-10· cited 35×
• Rockett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-01-23· cited 34×
• Floyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-02-07· cited 30×
• Rockett v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-12-05· cited 25×
• Mowrer v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-04-19· cited 20×
• Hickerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-04-16· cited 19×
• Metcalf v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-12-17· cited 18×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1987-10-06· cited 14×
• Baker v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-07-07· cited 12×
• Elder v. Holloway
  Ninth Circuit· 1992-09-17· cited 7×
• Elder v. Holloway
  D. Idaho· 1990-11-21· cited 7×
• Stevens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1992-06-03· cited 5×
• Elder v. Holloway
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-12-19· cited 3×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2015-02-19· cited 2×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1983-10-19· cited 2×
• United States v. Gooch
  E.D. Washington· 1991-12-12· cited 2×
• Alvarez v. Montgomery County
  D. Maryland· 1997-04-30· cited 2×