437 So. 2d 166 - State v. Jacobs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"While the federal cases clearly provide more information regarding the likelihood that a criminal offense was being committed, the conclusion does not necessarily follow that the facts here are insufficient to establish probable cause. The fact that marijuana and cannabis seeds were found on two separate occasions within one month's time suggests a continuing violation of the drug laws and indicates a `fair probability' that marijuana or cannabis would be found in the house."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Stevenson · 833 So. 2d 777 - State v. Gross

2. “substantial basis for concluding that probable cause existed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cohen · Pilieci v. State

3. “The task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the `veracity' and `basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place. And the duty of a reviewing court is simply to insure that the magistrate had a `substantial basis for ... conclud[ing] that probable cause existed.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 522 So. 2d 1023 - State v. Moise