State v. Hankerson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Supreme Court has further explained that probable cause is a “fluid concept — turning on the assessment of probabilities in particular factual contexts — not readily, or even usefully, reduced to a neat set of legal rules.” Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 370-71 , 124 S.Ct. 795 , 157 L.Ed.2d 769 (2003) (quoting Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 232 , 103 S.Ct. 2317 , 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 95 So. 3d 134 - Delhall v. State

2. “A trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress comes to the appellate court clothed with a presumption of correctness and the court must interpret the evidence and reasonable inferences and deductions derived therefrom in a manner most favorable to sustaining the trial court's ruling.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ARMANDO RAFAEL PEREZ v. STATE OF FLORIDA

3. “(a) whether the officer can see either drugs or money being transferred; (b) the officer’s narcotics experience; (c) the reputation of the location for drug transactions; (d) the extent of the period of surveillance; and (e) the history of previous multiple arrests from that site.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 100 So. 3d 272 - State v. M.R.