Longo v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

77 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is not every search of an automobile without warrant that is unlawful, but only one that is unreasonable.. What is a reasonable or valid search must be determined by the court upon due consideration of the circumstances and manner under which the search is made. Haile v. Gardner, 82 Fla. 355 , 91 So. 376 . When all of the evidence in the case is duly considered we think it manifestly plain that the facts and circumstances within the knowledge of the arresting officers and of which they had reasonably trustworthy information were sufficient in themselves to warrant men of reasonable caution in the belief that lottery tickets were being transported in the car which they stopped and searched. This would seem to justify the search and seizure that was made without warrant. See Haile v. Gardner, supra; Cortes v. State, 135 Fla. 589 , 185 So. 323 ; Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 , 45 S.Ct. 280 , 69 L.Ed. 543 , 39 A.L.R. 790 ; Husty v. United States, 282 U.S. 694 , 51 S.Ct. 240 , 75 L.Ed. 629 , 74 A.L.R. 1407 ."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Starks v. State · 155 So. 2d 396 - Bryant v. State

2. “"It appears to us that if the appellant ever had the right to protest that the evidence used to convict him was obtained by an unlawful search and seizure that right was waived when, as testified to by the arresting officers and apparently believed by the trial judge, he freely gave his consent to a search of the car which he was operating and voluntarily turned over his keys to the arresting officer for that purpose. See Carlton v. State, 111 Fla. 777 , 149 So. 767 ; Gant v. State, 114 Fla. 23 , 152 So. 710 ; Powell v. State, 131 Fla. 254 , 175 So. 213 ; Tomlinson v. State, 129 Fla. 658 , 176 So. 543 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 80 So. 2d 699 - James v. State

3. “within the knowledge of the arresting officers at the time the arrest was made were sufficient to warrant a reasonable belief that lottery tickets were being transported * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Collins v. State