State v. Dumas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he relevant question is not whether the police officer subjectively believes he is in danger, or whether he articulates that subjective belief in his testimony at a suppression hearing, but 'whether a reasonably prudent man in the circumstances would be warranted in the belief that his safety or that of others was in danger.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Kyles · 800 So. 2d 783 - Goins v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

2. “A law enforcement officer may only stop a person in a public place whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed, or is about to commit an offense and may demand his name, address, and an explanation of his actions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 30 So. 3d 727 - State Ex Rel. Jm

3. “the court of appeal erred in according substantial weight to the testimony of the officers at the suppression hearing that subjectively they were not afraid of respondent”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Kyles