Moody v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) an independent source existed for the discovery of the evidence, or (2) the evidence would have inevitably been discovered in the course of a legitimate investigation, or (3) sufficient attenuation existed between the challenged evidence and the illegal conduct.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 264 So. 3d 1119 - MICHAEL L. RODGERS v. STATE OF FLORIDA · 975 So. 2d 1235 - Wells v. State

2. “[i]n reviewing a trial court's ruling on a motion to suppress, appellate courts must accord a presumption of correctness to the trial court's determination of the historical facts, but must independently review mixed questions of law and fact that ultimately determine the constitutional issues.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. STATE OF FLORIDA v. ALLEN ROBERT BOSTON · 862 So. 2d 687 - Owen v. State

3. “In order to determine if evidence is sufficiently attenuated, the court must consider three factors: (1) the temporal proximity of the arrest and the discovery of the evidence sought to be suppressed; (2) the presence of intervening circumstances; and (3) the purpose and flagrancy of the police misconduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 959 So. 2d 353 - Hidalgo v. State