951 So. 2d 100 - BJ v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because the offense of loitering and prowling is a misdemeanor, a police officer may only make a warrantless arrest for this offense if both elements of the crime are committed in his presence. Consequently, only a police officer’s own observations may be considered in determining whether probable cause existed to make a warrantless arrest. The officer must be able to point to specific and articulable facts, which, when taken together with rational inferences, reasonably warrant a finding that a breach of the peace is imminent or the public safety is threatened.”

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

2. “The gist of the [first element] is conduct which comes close to, but falls short of, the actual commission or attempted commission of a substantive crime and which must be alarming in nature, pointing toward an imminent breach of the peace or threat to public safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 991 So. 2d 990 - Hollingsworth v. State

3. “[A]larm is presumed under the statute if the defendant flees, [or] conceals himself or any object.”

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