334 So. 2d 671 - State v. Lundy’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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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. “(2) Whenever any law enforcement officer of this state encounters any person under circumstances which reasonably indicate that such person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a violation of the criminal laws of this state or the criminal ordinances of any municipality or county, he may temporarily detain such person for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of the person temporarily detained and the circumstances surrounding his presence abroad which led the officer to believe that he had committed, was committing, or was about to commit a criminal offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parker v. State · 360 So. 2d 1310 - Phillips v. State

2. “Whenever any law enforcement officer authorized to detain temporarily any person under the provisions of subsection (2) has probable cause to believe that any person whom he has temporarily detained ... is armed with a dangerous weapon and therefore offers a threat to the safety of the officer or any other person, he may search such person so temporarily detained only to the extent necessary to disclose, and for the purpose of disclosing, the presence of such weapon... .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 360 So. 2d 1310 - Phillips v. State

3. “The search of the defendant’s person was not incident to a lawful arrest, because at the time of the search defendant had not been arrested. 334 So.2d at 672 .”

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