494 So. 2d 716 - Spann v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “have been clearly expressed in Alabama jurisprudence as plain view; consent; incident to lawful arrest; hot pursuit or emergency situations; where exigent circumstances exist coincidental with probable cause; stop and frisk situations; and inventory search situations.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 857 - Duck v. State

2. “the seizing officer (1) has prior justification for the intrusion; (2) comes upon the evidence inadvertently; and (3) immediately recognizes the object discovered as evidence of wrongdoing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 857 - Duck v. State

3. “absolutely no showing of the underlying circumstances which gave rise to the police radio dispatch.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 516 So. 2d 822 - Caffie v. State