370 So. 2d 525 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"When an officer inadvertently observes evidence of a crime from a vantage point that does not intrude upon a protected area or when that protected area is entered with prior justification, there is no violation of the search warrant rule because there has been no `search'...."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Oliver · State v. Sanders

2. “(1) That there be a prior justification for police intrusion into a protected area; [1] (2) That the evidence be discovered inadvertently; (3) That it be immediately apparent, without close inspection, that the items are evidence or contraband.”

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

3. “[I]f the evidence is itself within a protected area, the officer may not enter the area to effect the seizure without first obtaining a warrant, absent exigent circumstances or another exception to the warrant requirement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 407 So. 2d 1208 - State v. Littleton