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← 332 SO2D 105 - Powell v. State

Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1976

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
March 1987
most recently cited

19 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Lelis v. State · 322 So. 2d 592 - Sarga v. State · Stephenson v. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services · 298 So. 2d 509 - MacK v. State

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

  1. “A distinction is recognized ... between submission to the apparent authority of an officer and unqualified consent. Mere acquiescence in a search is not necessarily a waiver of a valid search warrant.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “If such access be refused by the ... driver of such aforesaid vehicle, the inspector or road-guard inspection special officer may apply for a search warrant which shall be obtained as provided by law for the obtaining of search warrants in other cases, or may conduct a search of any of the aforesaid vehicles without a warrant pursuant to s. 933.19.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.