Peabody v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “have some factual foundation in the circumstances observed by the officer when those circumstances are interpreted in light of the officer's knowledge.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Love v. State · 778 So. 2d 331 - Rinehart v. State

2. “[t]he appellant, the only white male in the area, was observed talking to several other males. He subsequently approached a man in an automobile which was parked in a lighted parking lot. After the man extended his open hand, palm up, toward the appellant, the officer who observed this activity, but who did not see anything passing between the two men, requested the assistance of uniformed officers in the area. The officers converged on the men and stopped the appellant.”

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

3. “upon mere or bare suspicion of criminal activity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 636 So. 2d 174 - Brown v. State