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184 Kansas opinions name it 3 courts 1974–2026 39 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Kansas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
State v. Neighborsgreen2 sentences2026"Under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a warrantless entry into a private dwelling by law enforcement officers is considered unreasonable and invalid unless it falls within a recognized exception to the warrant requirement." Neighbors, 299 Kan. at 239 . 2019Analysis Under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and § 15 of the Kansas Constitution Bill of Rights, "a warrantless entry into a private dwelling by law enforcement officers is considered unreasonable and invalid unless it falls within a recognized exception to the warrant requirement." State v. Neighbors, 299 Kan. 234, 239 , 328 P.3d 1081 (2014); see Brigham City v. Stuart, 547 U.S. 398, 403-04 , 126 S. Ct. 1943 , 164 L. | 6 | 18 |
State v. Doelzgreen2 sentences2022Applicable Law and Analysis "'[A] warrantless search by a police officer is per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment unless the State can fit the search within one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement.'" State v. Doelz, 309 Kan. 133, 140 , 432 P.3d 669 (2019). 2022Applicable Law and Analysis "'[A] warrantless search by a police officer is per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment unless the State can fit the search within one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement.'" State v. Doelz, 309 Kan. 133, 140 , 432 P.3d 669 (2019). | 5 | 12 |
Terry v. Ohiogreen2 sentences2022Reasonable suspicion existed to support an investigatory stop Under one exception to the warrant requirement in the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an officer may "stop and briefly detain an individual without a warrant when the officer has an articulable and reasonable suspicion, based in fact, that the detained person is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime." State v. Sanders, 310 Kan. 279 , 286, 445 P.3d 1144 (2019); see Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21 , 88 S. Ct. 1868 , 20 L. 2022Reasonable suspicion existed to support an investigatory stop Under one exception to the warrant requirement in the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an officer may "stop and briefly detain an individual without a warrant when the officer has an articulable and reasonable suspicion, based in fact, that the detained person is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime." State v. Sanders, 310 Kan. 279 , 286, 445 P.3d 1144 (2019); see Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21 , 88 S. Ct. 1868 , 20 L. | 5 | 8 |
State v. Mendezgreen2 sentences2009See Mendez, 275 Kan. at 428-29 (finding officers’ warrantless entry into defendant’s apartment did not fall under the emergency doctrine exception to the warrant requirement because there was no indication that anyone inside the apartment needed emergency assistance). *765 Other state and federal courts that have considered similar situations — where a defendant sought to suppress evidence relating to his or her violence or threatened violence toward police officers subsequent to an unlawful search or seizure or a warrandess entry — have generally held that evidence of a separate, independent 2004A search conducted without a warrant is per se unreasonable unless it meets one of several recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement: “ ‘consent; search incident to a lawful arrest; stop and frisk; probable cause to search accompanied by exigent circumstances, of which hot pursuit is one example; the emergency doctrine; inventory searches; plain view; and administrative searches of closely regulated businesses.’ [Citations omitted.]” Mendez, 275 Kan. at 420 -21 (quoting State v. Baughman, 29 Kan. | 4 | 5 |
Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernardgreen2 sentences2020Then, in Birchfield, the United States Supreme Court held that warrantless breath tests are constitutionally permissible under the search incident to arrest exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement, and therefore such searches are a categorical exception to the warrant requirement. 136 S. Ct. at 2185 . 2020The search incident to a lawful arrest exception to the warrant requirement is applied categorically, rather than on a case-by-case basis. 136 S. Ct. at 2176 . | 3 | 7 |
Schneckloth v. Bustamontegreen2 sentences2018See Schneckloth v. Bustamonte , 412 U.S. 218 , 219, 93 S.Ct. 2041 , 36 L.Ed. 2d 854 (1973) ; State v. Nece , 303 Kan. 888 , 892, 367 P.3d 1260 (2016), aff'd on reh'g 306 Kan. 679 , 396 P.3d 709 (2017). 1975Ed. 2d 854 , 93 S. Ct. 2041 .) It has been further stated that these exceptions to the warrant requirement have been “jealously and carefully drawn” (Jones v. United States, 357 U. S. 493 , 2 L. | 3 | 4 |
State v. Sanchez-Loredogreen2 sentences2022Warrantless searches and seizures, including warrantless entries into private dwellings, are per se unreasonable unless they fall 20 within recognized exception to the warrant requirement. 299 Kan. at 239; State v. Sanchez-Loredo, 294 Kan. 50, 55 , 272 P.3d 34 (2012). 2022Warrantless searches and seizures, including warrantless entries into private dwellings, are per se unreasonable unless they fall 20 within recognized exception to the warrant requirement. 299 Kan. at 239; State v. Sanchez-Loredo, 294 Kan. 50, 55 , 272 P.3d 34 (2012). | 2 | 14 |
Riley v. Cal. United Statesgreen2 sentences2018If law enforcement officers do not have a warrant, "a search is reasonable only if it falls within a specific exception to the warrant requirement." 134 S.Ct. at 2482 . 2016But the warrant requirement is “not merely ‘an inconvenience to be somehow “weighed” against the claims of police efficiency.’” Riley v. California, 573 U.S. _ , 134 S. Ct. 2473, 2493 , 189 L. | 2 | 12 |
State v. Ramirezgreen2 sentences2020State v. Ramirez, 278 Kan. 402, 404-05 , 100 P.3d 94 (2004). 2020State v. Ramirez, 278 Kan. 402, 404-05 , 100 P.3d 94 (2004). | 2 | 4 |
United States v. Rossgreen2 sentences2018Where a container is involved, complying with the warrant requirement or one of its well-delineated exceptions is required because "the Fourth Amendment provides protection to the owner of every container that conceals its contents from plain view." United States v. Ross , 456 U.S. 798 , 822-23, 102 S.Ct. 2157 , 72 L.Ed.2d 572 (1982). 2018Where a container is involved, complying with the warrant requirement or one of its well-delineated exceptions is required because "the Fourth Amendment provides protection to the owner of every container that conceals its contents from plain view." United States v. Ross , 456 U.S. 798 , 822-23, 102 S.Ct. 2157 , 72 L.Ed.2d 572 (1982). | 2 | 4 |
| United States v. Ronald Joseph Bute, United States of America v. Beverly Bute, A/K/A Beverly M. York, A/K/A Beverly M. Jensengreen | 2 | 3 |
| United States v. Leongreen | 2 | 2 |
| Evans v. Stategreen | 2 | 2 |
| United States v. Robert Orville Dunavan, United States of America v. James Edward Mitchellgreen | 2 | 2 |
| Brigham City v. Stuartgreen | 2 | 2 |
| United States v. Ruben Pereagreen | 2 | 2 |
Arizona v. Gantgreen2 sentences2016This limitation on the search-incident-to-arrest exception to the warrant requirement ‘ensures that the scope of a search incident to arrest is commensurate with its purposes of protecting arresting officers and safeguarding any evidence of the offense of arrest that an arrestee might conceal or destroy.’ Id. 2016This limitation on the search-incident-to-arrest 14 exception to the warrant requirement 'ensures that the scope of a search incident to arrest is commensurate with its purposes of protecting arresting officers and safeguarding any evidence of the offense of arrest that an arrestee might conceal or destroy.' Id. | 1 | 8 |
State v. Thompsongreen2 sentences2020State v. Thompson, 284 Kan. 763, 776 , 166 P.3d 1015 (2007). 2018One exception to the warrant requirement is when the suspect consents to the search. 284 Kan. at 776 . | 1 | 7 |
State v. Rycegreen2 sentences2020Ed. 2d 560 (2016); State v. Ryce, 303 Kan. 899, 910 , 368 P.3d 342 (2016) (Ryce I), aff'd on reh'g 306 Kan. 682 , 396 P.3d 711 (2017) (Ryce II). "[W]arrantless searches are per se unreasonable unless they fall within an exception to the warrant requirement." Hubbard, 309 Kan. at 33. 2020Ed. 2d 560 (2016); State v. Ryce, 303 Kan. 899, 910 , 368 P.3d 342 (2016) (Ryce I), aff'd on reh'g 306 Kan. 682 , 396 P.3d 711 (2017) (Ryce II). "[W]arrantless searches are per se unreasonable unless they fall within an exception to the warrant requirement." Hubbard, 309 Kan. at 33. | 1 | 5 |
Mincey v. Arizonagreen2 sentences2014United States Supreme Court Emergency Aid Exception Cases The United States Supreme Court first recognized emergency aid as an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement in Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385 , 98 S. Ct. 2408 , 57 L. 2014United States Supreme Court Emergency Aid Exception Cases The United States Supreme Court first recognized emergency aid as an exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement in Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385 , 98 S. Ct. 2408 , 57 L. | 1 | 5 |
State v. Gallowaygreen2 sentences1985Specifically, defendant alleges the police acted beyond the scope of the search warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure, and that the search did not fall within the “plain view” exception to the warrant requirement as set out in State v. Galloway, 232 Kan. 87, 94 , 652 P.2d 673 (1982). 1985Specifically, defendant alleges the police acted beyond the scope of the search warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizure, and that the search did not fall within the “plain view” exception to the warrant requirement as set out in State v. Galloway, 232 Kan. 87, 94 , 652 P.2d 673 (1982). | 1 | 4 |
State v. Johnsongreen2 sentences2017We will discuss the statutory provisions in more detail, but at this point we simply summarize "[o]ur caselaw[, which] has explained that a test taken after the driver receives the advisory required by 8-1001(k) 'is the product of the consent exception to the warrant requirement.'" Ryce I, 303 Kan. at 907 -08 (quoting State v. Johnson, 297 Kan. 210 , Syl. ¶ 8, 301 P.3d 287 [2013]). 2017We will discuss the statutory provisions in more detail, but at this point we simply summarize "[o]ur caselaw[, which] has explained that a test taken after the driver receives the advisory required by 8-1001(k) 'is the product of the consent exception to the warrant requirement.'" Ryce I, 303 Kan. at 907 -08 (quoting State v. Johnson, 297 Kan. 210 , Syl. ¶ 8, 301 P.3d 287 [2013]). | 1 | 4 |
State v. Rupnickgreen2 sentences2022But Rupnick stands for the proposition that "a valid warrant is necessary to search the hard drive of a suspect's personal computer." 280 Kan. at 732 . 2008State v. Rupnick, 280 Kan. 720, 727 , 125 P.3d 541 (2005). | 1 | 3 |
State v. Perkinsgreen2 sentences2020App. 2d 372, 379 , 415 P.3d 460 (2018) (quoting Ryce, 306 Kan. at 690- 91), this court acknowledged that "the search-incident-to-arrest exception is a 'categorical exception to the warrant requirement permitting an officer to demand a breath test from a person arrested for a DUI violation.'" In Perkins, the defendant was arrested for driving under the influence before the officer administered an evidentiary breath test. 2020See State v. Perkins, 55 Kan. | 1 | 3 |
State v. Ritcheygreen2 sentences2020See State v. Ritchey, 56 Kan. 2020App. 2d 530, 536 , 432 P.3d 99 (2018) (finding the search incident-to-lawful-arrest exception did not apply when officers were not searching Ritchley's purse for protection or to preserve evidence, and Ritchley had no access to her purse at the time.) 5 The State does not assert that any other exception to the warrant requirement applies to the search of the backpack. | 1 | 3 |
| Missouri v. McNeelygreen | 1 | 3 |
| State v. Boydgreen | 1 | 3 |
| State v. Fewellgreen | 1 | 3 |
| State v. Schurgreen | 1 | 3 |
| State v. Baughmangreen | 1 | 3 |
| State v. Murrygreen | 1 | 2 |
| City of L. A. v. Patelgreen | 1 | 2 |
| Florida v. Jimenogreen | 1 | 2 |
| Maryland v. Dysongreen | 1 | 2 |
| Katz v. United Statesgreen | 1 | 2 |
| Martin v. Kansas Department of Revenuegreen | 1 | 2 |
| Payton v. New Yorkgreen | 1 | 2 |
| Kentucky v. Kinggreen | 1 | 2 |
| United States v. Patrick Careygreen | 1 | 2 |
| State v. Ibarragreen | 1 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Kansas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
State v. Hubbard
green
2 sentences2022State v. Hubbard, 309 Kan. 22 , 32, 430 P.3d 956 (2018). 2022State v. Hubbard, 309 Kan. 22 , 9 33, 430 P.3d 956 (2018). | 7 | 2020–2022 |
State v. Daniel
green
2 sentences2020State v. Daniel, 291 Kan. 490, 498 , 242 P.3d 1186 (2010). "[A] warrantless search by a police officer is per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment unless the State can fit the search within one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement." Sanchez- Loredo, 294 Kan. at 55 . 2020State v. Daniel, 291 Kan. 490, 498 , 242 P.3d 1186 (2010). "[A] warrantless search by a police officer is per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment unless the State can fit the search within one of the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement." Sanchez- Loredo, 294 Kan. at 55 . | 6 | 2014–2020 |
State v. Sanders
green
2 sentences2026State v. Sanders, 310 Kan. 279 , 285, 445 P.3d 1144 (2019) (citing Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373 , 382, 134 S. Ct. 2473 , 189 L. 2022Reasonable suspicion existed to support an investigatory stop Under one exception to the warrant requirement in the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an officer may "stop and briefly detain an individual without a warrant when the officer has an articulable and reasonable suspicion, based in fact, that the detained person is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a crime." State v. Sanders, 310 Kan. 279 , 286, 445 P.3d 1144 (2019); see Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 21 , 88 S. Ct. 1868 , 20 L. | 5 | 2022–2026 |
Horton v. California
green
2 sentences2021Ed. 757 (1925) ('It is enough 25 if the description is such that the officer with a search warrant can, with reasonable effort ascertain and identify the place intended.'). 'The purpose of this requirement is to prevent general searches and to prevent the seizure of an item at the discretion of the officer. [Citations omitted.]' LeFort, 248 Kan. at 337 . 'If the scope of the search exceeds that permitted by the terms of a validly issued warrant or the character of the relevant exception from the warrant requirement, the subsequent seizure is unconstitutional without more.' Horton v. California 2021Ed. 757 (1925) ('It is enough 25 if the description is such that the officer with a search warrant can, with reasonable effort ascertain and identify the place intended.'). 'The purpose of this requirement is to prevent general searches and to prevent the seizure of an item at the discretion of the officer. [Citations omitted.]' LeFort, 248 Kan. at 337 . 'If the scope of the search exceeds that permitted by the terms of a validly issued warrant or the character of the relevant exception from the warrant requirement, the subsequent seizure is unconstitutional without more.' Horton v. California | 5 | 2005–2021 |
State v. Crudo
green
2 sentences2026State v. Crudo, 318 Kan. 32 , 35, 541 P.3d 67 (2024). 2025"The Fourth Amendment [to the United States Constitution] prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, and warrantless searches are per se unreasonable unless they fall within one of the exceptions to the warrant requirement." State v. Crudo, 318 Kan. 32 , 35, 541 P.3d 67 (2024). | 4 | 2025–2026 |
State v. Overman
green
2 sentences2019Those recognized exceptions are: 'consent; search incident to a lawful arrest; stop and frisk; probable cause plus exigent circumstances; the emergency doctrine; inventory searches; plain view or feel; and administrative searches of closely regulated businesses.' [Citation omitted.]" State v. Sanchez-Loredo , 294 Kan. 50 , 55, 272 P.3d 34 (2012). *675 The State does not assert that it had a warrant. "[T]he fact that the search was conducted without a warrant established it as per se unreasonable, i.e. , leading to illegally obtained evidence, unless the State carried its burden to establish a 2019Those recognized exceptions are: 'consent; search incident to a lawful arrest; stop and frisk; probable cause plus exigent circumstances; the emergency doctrine; inventory searches; plain view or feel; and administrative searches of closely regulated businesses.' [Citation omitted.]" State v. Sanchez-Loredo , 294 Kan. 50 , 55, 272 P.3d 34 (2012). *675 The State does not assert that it had a warrant. "[T]he fact that the search was conducted without a warrant established it as per se unreasonable, i.e. , leading to illegally obtained evidence, unless the State carried its burden to establish a | 4 | 2016–2020 |
Griffin v. Wisconsin
green
2 sentences2018Permitting a warrantless search based on reasonable grounds was held sufficient for a probationer given the system's purposes of rehabilitation and protection of the general population: "We think it clear that the special needs of Wisconsin's probation system make the warrant requirement impracticable and justify replacement of the standard of probable cause by 'reasonable grounds,' as defined by the Wisconsin Supreme Court." Griffin , 483 U.S. at 875 -76 , 107 S.Ct. 3164 . 2018Permitting a warrantless search based on reasonable grounds was held sufficient for a probationer given the system's purposes of rehabilitation and protection of the general population: "We think it clear that the special needs of Wisconsin's probation system make the warrant requirement impracticable and justify replacement of the standard of probable cause by 'reasonable grounds,' as defined by the Wisconsin Supreme Court." Griffin , 483 U.S. at 875 -76 , 107 S.Ct. 3164 . | 4 | 2009–2019 |
United States v. Robinson
green
2 sentences2016It is the fact of the lawful arrest which establishes the authority to search, and we hold that in the case of a lawful custodial arrest a full search of the person is not only an exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment, but is also a 'reasonable' search under that Amendment." Robinson, 414 U.S. at 235 . 2012It is the fact of the laiofid arrest lohich establishes the authority to search, and we hold that in the case of a lawful custodial arrest a full search of the person is not only an exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment, but is also a reasonable’ search under that Amendment.” (Emphasis added.) 414 U.S. at 235 . | 4 | 1974–2016 |
State v. Fitzgerald
green
2 sentences2015Those recognized exceptions are: 'consent; search incident to a lawful arrest; stop and frisk; probable cause plus exigent circumstances; the emergency doctrine; inventory searches; plain view or feel; and administrative searches of closely regulated businesses.' [State v.] Fitzgerald, 286 Kan. [1124,] 1127[, 192 P.3d 171 (2008)]." In the district court, the State argued that two exceptions to the warrant requirement were present in this case: (1) search incident to a lawful arrest; and, (2) probable cause plus exigent circumstances. 2015Those recognized exceptions are: ‘consent; search incident to a lawful arrest; stop and frisk; probable cause plus exigent circumstances; the emergency doctrine; inventory searches; plain view or feel; and administrative searches of closely regulated businesses.’ [State v.] Fitzgerald, 286 Kan. [1124,] 1127[, 192 P.3d 171 (2008)].” In the district court, the State argued that two exceptions to the warrant requirement were present in this case: (1) search incident to a lawful arrest; and, (2) probable cause plus exigent circumstances. | 4 | 2012–2015 |
State v. Heim
green
2 sentences2025State v. Heim, 312 Kan. 420 , 422-23, 475 P.3d 1248 (2020). 2024State v. Heim, 312 Kan. 420 , 422-23, 475 P.3d 1248 (2020). | 3 | 2024–2025 |
Chimel v. California
red
2 sentences2020This exception to the warrant requirement has two purposes: (1) protecting officer safety by allowing a search for weapons an arrestee could reasonably access; and (2) preventing an arrestee from destroying or concealing evidence of the crime of arrest. 308 Kan. at 482-83 (citing Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752, 763 , 89 S. Ct. 2034 , 23 L. 2020This exception to the warrant requirement has two purposes: (1) protecting officer safety by allowing a search for weapons an arrestee could reasonably access; and (2) preventing an arrestee from destroying or concealing evidence of the crime of arrest. 308 Kan. at 482-83 (citing Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752, 763 , 89 S. Ct. 2034 , 23 L. | 3 | 2016–2020 |
| New Jersey v. T. L. O. green | 3 | 2001–2010 |
| State v. Teeter green | 2 | 2026–2026 |
| State v. Smith green | 2 | 2022–2024 |
| State v. Conn green | 2 | 2008–2024 |
| State v. Estrada-Vital green | 2 | 2020–2020 |
| State v. Wonders green | 2 | 2000–2019 |
| Johnson v. United States green | 2 | 1984–2018 |
| State v. Chapman green | 2 | 2016–2016 |
| Jones v. United States green | 2 | 1975–2015 |
| State v. Ransom green | 2 | 2015–2015 |
| Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. Hayden green | 2 | 2005–2012 |
| Pennsylvania v. Labron green | 2 | 2006–2012 |
| Coolidge v. New Hampshire green | 2 | 1978–2007 |
| Arkansas v. Sanders red | 2 | 1982–2005 |
| State v. Jones green | 2 | 2001–2003 |
| State v. Jones green | 2 | 2001–2003 |
| People v. Mitchell red | 2 | 1997–2003 |
| Carroll v. United States green | 2 | 1982–1993 |
| State v. Jones green | 2 | 1979–1979 |
| State v. Perkins green | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| State v. Ellis green | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| State v. Bates neutral | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| United States v. Arvizu green | 1 | 2022–2022 |
| State v. Christian green | 1 | 2022–2022 |
| – State v. Chavez-Majors – green | 1 | 2022–2022 |
| State v. Knight green | 1 | 2021–2021 |
| State v. Boggess green | 1 | 2021–2021 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.