Collier v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the ruling of the trial court is correct for any reason, it will not be reversed.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tucker v. State · 571 So. 2d 987 - Ex Parte Williams

2. “"Persons charged with crimes of possession may only claim the benefits of the exclusionary rule if their own Fourth Amendment rights have in fact been *Page 190 violated. Salvucci , supra; Rakas , supra. The burden rests on the defendant to prove not only that a search was illegal, but also that he had a legitimate expectation of privacy in the area searched. Rawlings , supra. `"(A) prosecutor may, with legal consistency and legitimacy, assert that a defendant charged with possession of a seized item did not have a privacy interest violated in the course of the search and seizure.'" Salvucci , 100 S.Ct. at 2551 ."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 428 So. 2d 148 - Robinson v. State · 428 So. 2d 187 - Bolding v. State

3. “The Salvucci test for standing is whether the defendant had a legitimate expectation of privacy from governmental invasion in the area searched....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 555 So. 2d 257 - Harrell v. State · 428 So. 2d 148 - Robinson v. State