Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The plain view doctrine authorizes the warrantless seizure of personal property where the initial intrusion which affords the officers a plain view is lawful, the discovery of the property is inadvertent, and the incriminating nature of the property is 'immediately apparent.' "”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 610 So. 2d 1244 - Wedgeworth v. State · 686 So. 2d 266 - Gilbert v. State

2. “'immediately apparent' does not 'imply that an unduly high degree of certainty as to the incriminatory character of evidence is necessary . . .' [nor does it] mean that an officer must 'be possessed of near certainty as to the seizable nature of the items.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scott v. State · 596 So. 2d 632 - Poole v. State

3. “'practical, nontechnical' probability that incriminating evidence is involved is all that is required.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scott v. State · 596 So. 2d 632 - Poole v. State