654 So. 2d 596 - Potts v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A police officer in the scope of his duties may approach a suspect’s front door and knock in an attempt to talk to that suspect. See United States v. Santana, 427 U.S. 38 , 96 S.Ct. 2406 , 49 L.Ed.2d 300 (1976); Younger v. State, 433 So.2d 636 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. denied, 440 So.2d 354 (Fla.1983). “Under Florida law it is clear that one does not harbor an expectation of privacy on a front porch where a salesman or visitor may appear at any time.” State v. Morsman, 394 So.2d 408, 409 (Fla.1981).”

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

2. “The “Plain View” doctrine has frequently been considered an exception to the warrant requirement. In reality, materials that are seized because they are in plain view of an officer who observes from a location where he has a legal right to be are not subject to [a] Fourth Amendment [analysis] ...”

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