753 So. 2d 296 - State v. Dennis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he police do not need probable cause to arrest or reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop every time they approach a citizen in a public place.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · 828 So. 2d 1207 - State v. Handy

2. “The Code currently provides that a defendant shall receive credit toward service of his sentence for time spent in actual custody prior to the imposition of sentence. In 1970 this article was amended to substitute “shall” for “may,” so that the credit was no longer discretionary. In 1997, the article was amended to substitute “A defendant shall receive” for “The court, when it imposes sentence, shall give.” According to the Official Revision Comment, this article “makes the credit for prior custody self-operating even on a silent record. It does not change the law.” [Footnote omitted]. Thus, although the sentencing transcript and minute entry are silent on the issue, the appellant nevertheless shall receive the credit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 765 So. 2d 1133 - State v. Santinac

3. “The detaining officers must have knowledge of specific, articulable facts, which, if taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant the stop.”

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