Wofford v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an emergency may cease, thereby removing any justification for a warrantless entry into a home
• holding that a search following an emergency entry will be upheld only if the search is | Treasonably necessary for the prevention of death, bodily harm, or destruction and is strictly circumscribed by the exigencies that necessitated the emergency in the first place
• noting that, under the “emergency exception,” a warrantless entry may be upheld if the intruding officer had “reasonable cause” to believe that someone inside a home was “in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Coulter
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-06-26· cited 139×
• Laime v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-12-06· cited 96×
• Frette v. City of Springdale
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-01-15· cited 86×
• Travis v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-01-08· cited 85×
• Stone v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-04-16· cited 84×
• Sanford v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-02-05· cited 79×
• People v. Troyer
  California Supreme Court· 2011-02-22· cited 76×
• Wengert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-04-16· cited 75×
• Norris v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-07-15· cited 58×
• State v. Brock
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-06-29· cited 53×
• State of Tennessee v. Thomas Lee Hutchison
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2016-01-14· cited 51×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-02-28· cited 50×
• Griffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-02-28· cited 49×
• Riggs v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-11-04· cited 45×
• Miller v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2010-01-07· cited 42×
• Breeden v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-04-10· cited 40×
• Talbert v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-09-21· cited 35×
• People v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-03-29· cited 34×
• Cox v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-06-28· cited 32×
• McFerrin v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-05-10· cited 29×

Cites

47 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Wong Sun v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
• Payton v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-15· cited 7,618×
• Mincey v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 3,849×
• Moran v. Burbine
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 3,339×
• Horton v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 2,923×
• Oregon v. Elstad
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 2,824×
• Stansbury v. California
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 2,603×
• Arizona v. Hicks
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-03· cited 1,525×
• Michigan v. Tyler
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-31· cited 1,386×
• Colorado v. Spring
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,070×
• Lewis L. Wayne v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1963-04-04· cited 479×
• Willie v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 380×
• Thompson v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 326×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-09-22· cited 301×
• Bowen v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-11-20· cited 109×
• Patrick v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1967-02-24· cited 76×
• Humphrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-03-24· cited 66×
• DeJesus v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-03-07· cited 57×

Other cases named Wofford v. State

43 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Wofford v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1979-09-11· cited 75×
• Wofford v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1995-08-23· cited 37×
• Wofford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-06-17· cited 22×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1978-07-10· cited 16×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1972-03-01· cited 15×
• Wofford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-04-29· cited 12×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1982-06-11· cited 11×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-10-03· cited 11×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-15· cited 10×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-09-10· cited 8×
• Wofford v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1962-06-05· cited 8×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1987-07-31· cited 7×
• Wofford v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2002-02-19· cited 7×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-11· cited 6×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-05-05· cited 6×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1953-12-09· cited 6×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1978-09-08· cited 5×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-12-05· cited 5×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-02-07· cited 4×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1993-12-01· cited 4×
• Wofford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-03-01· cited 3×
• Wofford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1911-03-15· cited 3×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-06-26· cited 2×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-04-13· cited 1×
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-10-19
• Wofford v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1926-10-21
• Wofford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-08-06
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1891-06-03
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-05-29
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-05-29
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-05-29
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-05-29
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1940-05-29
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1951-12-05
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1912-10-22
• Wofford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-05-03
• Wofford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-06-04
• Wofford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-11-17
• Wofford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-02-09
• Wofford v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-01-29
• Wofford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-12-14
• Wofford v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-04-30
• Wofford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-04-29