Parnell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Under the plain feel doctrine, if, during a lawful pat-down search, an officer feels an object whose contours or mass makes it immediately identifiable as contraband, that officer can seize the item. Thus, for evidence to be admissible under the plain feel doctrine, the searching officer must express a degree of certainty in identifying the item. This is so because a pat-down search is conducted solely for the purpose of insuring the safety of the officer and of others nearby, not to procure evidence for use at a subsequent trial. [Patman v. State, 244 Ga. App. 833, 834-835 ( 537 SE2d 118 ) (2000).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Ga. App. 596 - Mason v. State

2. “[I]n light of the strength of the evidence that was properly presented to the jury, we conclude that [Decapite] has not shown that a reasonable probability exists that, but for the jury having [the search warrant and affidavit] during its deliberations, the outcome of his trial would have been different.”

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