817 So. 2d 81 - State v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on California v. Hodari D. · Logiudice v. Georgia · 441 So. 2d 732 - State v. Lynch · 441 So. 2d 1195 - State v. Belton · State v. Godejohn
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In this case, the question of the constitutional validity of the seizure of [the evidence] was not at issue in the trial court. Thus, when the State tried this matter, its witnesses were not required to elaborate on why they stopped the defendant. Accordingly, neither the State nor the defendant had any need to scrutinize the detailed circumstances surrounding the seizure of [the evidence] and explore the evidence attendant to that police action. Therefore, the trial testimony of [the ^officer] focused only on the State’s burden to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant possessed the heroin.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The rationale behind such procedure is that a full evidentiary hearing may be conducted to explore the issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.