Anderson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. White

2. “[a] collection of actions which, individually, are subject to innocent explanation may be sufficient to create reasonable suspicion under the totality of the circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 947 So. 2d 365 - Qualls v. State

3. “The officer usually may pat the outer clothing of the individual who has been stopped to determine if a weapon is possessed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 914 So. 2d 209 - Bone v. State