Huffman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[M]ixed questions of law and fact that ultimately determine constitutional rights are to be reviewed by the appellate courts applying a two-step approach. Deference is to be shown to the trial court on questions of historical fact, but de novo review of the application of a constitutional standard to the facts in a particular case is proper.”

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

2. “the officer's narcotics experience; the reputation of the location for drive-up transactions; . . . the history of previous multiple arrests from that site;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. STATE OF FLORIDA v. EMMET ZACHERY