Bankston v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “'A false explanation given by the accused of any suspicious fact or circumstance tending to connect him [or her] with the offense is admissible in evidence against him [or her]. . . . The jury may properly consider conflicting statements as indicating a consciousness of guilt.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 706 So. 2d 787 - Mitchell v. State

2. “The standard for measuring the scope of a suspect's consent under the Fourth Amendment is that of objective reasonableness — what would the typical reasonable person have understood by the exchange between the officer and the suspect?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 647 So. 2d 7 - Tillman v. State