125 Ohio App. 3d 592 - State v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “must be able point to specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant the intrusion.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Alexander, 90065 (6-2-2008) · Middleburgh Hts. v. Speeth, Unpublished Decision (8-10-2006)

2. “not all personal intercourse between policemen and citizens involves 'seizures' of persons. Only when the officer, by means of physical force or show of authority, has in some way restrained the liberty of a citizen may we conclude that a 'seizure' has occurred”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wintermeyer · State v. Goodloe

3. “The Fourth Amendment is not implicated when a police officer approaches a person in a public place, requests to speak to him, receives permission to do so and then asks questions because the person is free to walk away.”

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