700 So. 2d 718 - DeLeon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “When, as in this case, a defendant alleges that his consent resulted from coercion or intimidation, the court, in ascertaining the voluntariness of consent, must consider all the circumstances surrounding the encounter and determine whether the police conduct would have communicated to a reasonable person that he was not free to decline the officers' request or otherwise terminate the encounter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 981 So. 2d 585 - McDonnell v. State

2. “When the initial police activity is illegal, the State must establish by `clear and convincing evidence' that there has been an unequivocal break in the chain of illegality sufficient to dissipate the taint of the prior illegal police action and thus render the consent freely and voluntarily given.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 744 So. 2d 586 - Davis v. State

3. “A trial court's determination of reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop or detention is subject to de novo review.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. City of Pompano Beach