State v. Sam’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`A law enforcement officer may stop a person in a public place whom he reasonably suspects is committing, has committed, or is about to commit an offense and may demand of him his name, address, and an explanation of his actions.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 945 So. 2d 752 - State v. Chauvin · 971 So. 2d 1219 - State v. Anthony

2. “doctrine in Dickerson . If a police officer lawfully pats down a suspect's outer clothing and feels an object whose contour or mass makes its identity immediately apparent, there has been no invasion of the suspect's privacy beyond that already authorized by the officer's search for weapons; if the object is contraband, its warrantless seizure would be justified by the same practical considerations that inhere in the plain-view context. Dickerson, 113 S.Ct. at 2137 . Therefore, the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 945 So. 2d 752 - State v. Chauvin

3. “doctrine applies to situations where an officer discovers contraband through the sense of touch during an otherwise lawful Terry search. Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 , 113 S.Ct. 2130 , 124 L.Ed.2d 334 (1993), State v. Sam, 905 So.2d at 385 . The United States Supreme Court explained the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 945 So. 2d 752 - State v. Chauvin