788 So. 2d 334 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “In reviewing search and seizure decisions, Florida courts and federal courts alike must apply different standards of review, depending on the nature of the questions presented. Aspects or components of the trial court's decision resolving legal questions are subject to de novo review, while factual decisions by the trial court are entitled to deference commensurate with the trial judge's superior vantage point for resolving factual disputes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 824 So. 2d 311 - Green v. State

2. “[T]he police, based on nothing more than an unidentified woman with no known connection to the motel room other than her act of opening the door, concluded that she had the actual or apparent authority to consent to such entry. We find that conclusion to be unsupported by the facts then known to the police officers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 830 So. 2d 883 - Moore v. State

3. “[t]he mere fact that an unknown person opens the door when a police officer knocks cannot, standing alone, support a reasonable belief that the person possesses authority to consent to the officer’s entry.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. JASON JAMES WALKER v. STATE OF FLORIDA