405 So. 2d 501 - Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t cannot be said that most brown manila envelopes contain marijuana. There could have been any number of items in the envelope other than marijuana which appellant would wish to keep private. Legally, the conduct of appellant in trying to hide the envelope was no different tha[n] if he had simply told the officer that he did not want him to look into it without a search warrant. The issue is still probable cause.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. P.L.R. v. State · PLR v. State

2. “did not say that before he opened the envelope he believed that it contained marijuana, nor did he articulate any facts upon which he could have predicated such a belief,”

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

3. ““. . . To have ignored the report that appellant carried a gun . . . would have been naive in today’s violent society.””

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