787 So. 2d 906 - Richardson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The officer may break open any outer door, inner door or window of a house, or any part of a house or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if after due notice of the officer's authority and purpose he or she is refused admittance to said house or access to anything therein.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 967 So. 2d 1021 - State v. Pruitt · 849 So. 2d 391 - Kellom v. State

2. “derives from the sentiment that there `is nothing more terrifying to the occupants than to be suddenly confronted in the privacy of their home by a police officer decorated with guns and the insignia of his office. That is why the law protects its entrance so rigidly.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Anyan · 849 So. 2d 391 - Kellom v. State

3. “Adequate remedies directed toward the persons who actually violate these constitutional rights would do far more to protect both the public and law enforcement from the dangers of unannounced entries into homes, than our current remedy. Our current method is not a deterrent to the police nor fair compensation to a victim; it merely allows an occasional lucky defendant to win Florida's knock-and-announce, five-seconds-too-early, exclusionary rule lottery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 967 So. 2d 1021 - State v. Pruitt