302 So. 2d 481 - Porter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * Whether probable cause existed to make the arrest is to be determined from the facts and circumstances existing at the time viewed through the eyes of the arresting officer; that is, what a reasonable man, knowing all of the facts within the cognizance of the officer, would have believed under the circumstances."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Owens v. City of Pensacola · 318 So. 2d 546 - City of Jacksonville v. Walton

2. “when he has knowledge of its presence coupled with his ability to maintain control over it or reduce it to his physical possession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 336 So. 2d 663 - Britton v. State

3. “A defendant has constructive possession of contraband,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 336 So. 2d 663 - Britton v. State