State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the police diligently pursued a means of investigation that was likely to confirm or dispel their suspicions quickly, during which time it was necessary to detain the defendant.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 36 So. 3d 1060 - State v. Snelling · State v. SURTAIN

2. “a shift in the trooper's focus that was neither unusual nor impermissible.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Dixon · 880 So. 2d 64 - State v. Preston

3. “In assessing whether a detention is too long in duration to be justified as an investigative stop, we consider it appropriate to examine whether the police diligently pursued a means of investigation that was likely to confirm or dispel their suspicions quickly, during which time it was necessary to detain the defendant. A court making this assessment should take care to consider whether the police are acting in a swiftly developing situation and in such cases the court should not indulge in unrealistic second guessing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Turner · 244 So. 3d 600 - State v. Manning