731 So. 2d 48 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2003
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Illinois v. Gates · Brinegar v. United States · State v. Outten · State v. Hernandez · Tallbear v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the facts constituting probable cause need not meet the standard of conclusiveness and probability required of the circumstantial facts upon which a conviction must be based.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Probable cause is a fluid concept that deals in probabilities, which include common sense conclusions by law enforcement officers.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.