Schnick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Section 901.151(5), Florida Statutes (1975) sets out entirely separate and distinct requirements which must be met before a person may be searched. The right to search does not automatically follow once the right to detain is established. State v. Lundy, 334 So.2d 671 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976). Temporary detention, unlike arrest, does not itself authorize a search “incident to detention.” It is true in some instances that the same circumstances justifying the detention also establish probable cause to believe that a weapon is involved and hence justify a search. Wilson v. State, 324 So.2d 700 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976). But the search must be based on probable cause to believe that the detainee is armed with a dangerous weapon.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 So. 2d 782 - Chauncey v. State · 698 So. 2d 1282 - State v. Burns

2. “probable cause to believe [that the suspect] is armed with a dangerous weapon and therefore offers a threat to the safety of the officer or any other person.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 400 So. 2d 974 - Hochstetler v. State · 416 So. 2d 818 - Brezial v. State