361 So. 2d 28 - Rickman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The judgment of the officers as to when to close the trap on a criminal committing a crime in their presence or who they have reasonable cause to believe is committing a felony is not determined solely upon whether there was time to procure a search warrant. Some flexibility will be accorded law officers engaged in daily battle with criminals for whose restraint criminal laws are essential."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 397 So. 2d 240 - Dejnozka v. State · 398 So. 2d 349 - Kidd v. State

2. ““The question then is, were there ‘exigent circumstances’ here to justify the warrantless search and subsequent seizure? Although this is a close ease, we must say that we believe the answer to the question is ‘yes.’ “The ‘exigent circumstances’ here were the inherent mobility of the automobile, which often makes obtaining a judicial warrant impracticable if not impossible. Why is an automobile different? “‘The answer lies in the diminished expectation of privacy which surrounds the automobile: “ ‘One has a lesser expectation of privacy in a motor vehicle because its function is transportation and it.seldom serves as one’s residence or as the repository of personal effects.... It travels public thoroughfares where both its occupants and its contents are in plain view.’ Cardwell v. Lewis, 417 U.S. 583, 590 , 94 S.Ct. 2464 , [2469] 41 L.Ed.2d 325 (1974) (plurality opinion). “ ‘Other factors reduce automobile privacy. “All States require vehicles to be registered and operators to be licensed. States and localities have enacted extensive and detailed codes regulating the condition and manner in which motor vehicles may be operated on public streets and highways.” Cady v. Dombrowski, [ 413 U.S. 433 ] at 441, 93 S.Ct. 2523 , 37 L.Ed.2d 706 [(1973)]. Automobiles periodically undergo official inspection, and they are often taken into police custody in the interests of public safety. South Dakota v. Opperman, [ 428 U.S. 364 ] at 368, 96 S.Ct. 3092 , 49 L.Ed.2d 1000 [(1976)].’ “United ”

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

3. “an informant's tip may be sufficient to substantiate 'probable cause'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wherry v. State Ex Rel. Brooks