255 So. 2d 533 - Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(i) Motion to Suppress a Confession or Admissions Illegally Obtained. "(1) Grounds. Upon motion of the defendant or upon its own motion, the court shall suppress any confession or admission obtained illegally from the defendant. (Emphasis added.) "(2) Time for Filing. The motion to suppress shall be made prior to trial unless opportunity therefor did not exist or the defendant was not aware of the grounds for the motion, but the court in its discretion may entertain the motion or an appropriate objection at the trial. (Emphasis added.) "(3) Hearing. The court shall receive evidence on any issue of fact necessary to be decided in order to rule on the motion." (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 So. 2d 420 - McDonnell v. State

2. “"... One of the purposes of this pretrial procedure is obviously to avoid unnecessary trials, and it is in the interests of both the accused and the state to know before the trial begins whether certain articles or testimony concerning them will be allowed to be received in evidence at the trial... ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 So. 2d 133 - Bailey v. State

3. “make its ruling on the motion before the trial begins, upon the basis of the evidence adduced at the hearing on the motion”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 295 So. 2d 133 - Bailey v. State