Salem 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. “A consent to search obtained after illegal police activity ... is presumptively tainted and rendered involuntary and "will be held voluntary only if there is clear and convincing proof of an unequivocal break in the chain of illegality sufficient to dissipate the taint of prior illegal police action." Norman v. State, 379 So.2d 643, 647 (Fla. 1980)... . Furthermore, where there has been illegal police activity, the state must prove by clear and convincing evidence that an individual's consent was freely and voluntarily given and was not merely a submission or acquiescence to official authority. Reynolds v. State, 592 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 1992).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 654 So. 2d 229 - Cooper v. State

2. “will be held voluntary only if there is clear and convincing proof of an unequivocal break in the chain of illegality sufficient to dissipate the taint of prior illegal police action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 654 So. 2d 229 - Cooper v. State

3. “no such unequivocal break between the stop and the consent. Satterfield v. State, 609 So.2d 157 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992); Reed v. State, 577 So.2d 1362 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 654 So. 2d 229 - Cooper v. State