559 So. 2d 335 - State v. Starkey’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “We understand from the holding in [ California v. ] Carney [,] [ 471 U.S. 386 , 105 S.Ct. 2066 , 85 L.Ed.2d 406 (1985),] that the police are now free to search any vehicle, any time, and any place (except when it is on residential property) simply because the police have probable cause to believe that the vehicle contains contraband or other evidence of a crime. It is our understanding that the Carney holding has eliminated any Fourth Amendment requirement for a warrant or showing of exigent circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 943 So. 2d 1004 - State v. Green · 987 So. 2d 708 - State v. Fischer

2. “[t]he law is now well settled that the lawfulness of a warrantless search is to be determined by an objective view of the facts, not the subjective view of the person conducting the search. See Padron v. State, 449 So.2d 811, 812 (Fla. 1984), and Scott v. United States, 436 U.S. 128, 138 , 98 S.Ct. 1717, 1723 , 56 L.Ed.2d 168 (1978).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 615 So. 2d 786 - State v. Boyd

3. “the citizens of Florida have delegated their authority for defining the contours of their right to freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures to the United States Supreme Court,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 784 So. 2d 529 - State v. Shaw