Topic: an unlocked door is not an invitation to enter. · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Malone v. State.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Malone v. State Anchor
texapp · 2005
green “an unlocked door is not an invitation to enter.” 5
2 Corea v. State
texapp · 2001
green “the burden that the state bears of proving apparent authority cannot be met if officers, faced with an ambiguous situation, nevertheless proceed without making further inquiry.” 5
3 Corea v. State
texapp · 2001
green “an unlocked door is not an invitation to enter.” 3

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