State v. Weldon.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “within the meaning of the United States and Hawai #i Constitutions. Second, if the person was seized, we determine whether the seizure was lawful, i.e., whether the police could have temporarily detained the individual because”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kanoa · State v. Nathanael

2. “'[T]he police may temporarily detain an individual if they have a reasonable suspicion based on specific and articulable facts that criminal activity is afoot.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nathanael · State v. Safadago

3. “An appellate court reviews a ruling on a motion to suppress de novo to determine whether the ruling was 'right' or 'wrong.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ramseyer · State v. Safadago