Paschal v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Probable cause does not exist merely because the officer received his information over a radio rather than from the lips of someone. Police radio dispatches may supply probable cause when, on objection, evidence establishes the basis for the report's believability."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 494 So. 2d 716 - Spann v. State

2. “The officer in this case, acting on the information at hand, had probable cause to believe that the appellant's automobile contained the instrumentalities or fruits of a crime, and therefore was justified in making the warrantless search . . . . (emphasis added)”

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

3. “Officer Brown testified that he had just received a report concerning the Michael's Jewelry Store robbery earlier that day, and that the automobile's description in the report matched that of appellant's vehicle. . . .”

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