359 So. 2d 551 - DeCastro v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In a motion to suppress evidence the trial judge is the trier of both fact and law. His conclusions come to the appellate court clothed with a presumption of correctness, and in testing the accuracy of his conclusions, the court should interpret the evidence and all reasonable inferences capable of being drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to sustain them. (citations omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 400 So. 2d 850 - Shade v. State

2. “appellant was not promised anything in return for his statement in this case ... the promise of methadone treatment was not used as an inducement for him to confess.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 390 So. 2d 748 - State v. Beck