Barrios v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because the officer in this case admitted that he lacked a reasonable suspicion to detain this passenger, he could resist the officer's command to stand by the car so long as he did so without violence. There is no evidence of any violence; the resistance offered by Barrios was his purpose to depart for less stressful pastures.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. F.J.R. v. State · 922 So. 2d 308 - FJR v. State

2. “[A] command preventing an innocent passenger from leaving the scene of a traffic stop to continue on his independent way is a greater intrusion upon personal liberty than an order simply directing a passenger out of the vehicle.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 942 So. 2d 452 - JRP v. State · 922 So. 2d 308 - FJR v. State