State v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1977
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Florida Bar · State v. Collins
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... nighttime searches are particularly desirable when dealing with drugs because the approach must be made without detection, otherwise the drugs are frequently flushed down the toilet . . Detection of approaching police officers will not permit of the instant destruction of a stolen motorcycle, either down the toilet or by way of the garbage disposal. Drugs, on the other hand, as every judge, criminal lawyer and law enforcement officer knows, are repeatedly gotten rid of by way of the toilet, and the exigencies of the occasion, surrounding any drug seizure, demands undetected approach or the search is a waste of the taxpayer's time and money."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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