Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2012
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on E.C. v. State · CHS v. State · 937 So. 2d 1270 - Bowser v. State · 659 So. 2d 1193 - RDW v. State
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.
“mere presence in the parking lot [of a closed business] was insufficient to raise an immediate concern for the safety of persons or property”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“offense of loitering and prowling must be complete before any police action occurs”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.