State v. Roach’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
May 2013
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · United States v. Cortez · Ohio v. Robinette · Acosta v. United States · State v. Davis
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]ftentimes ... law-enforcement officers must make instantaneous decisions about whether a frisk for weapons is justifiable. The task is an unenviable one often fraught with life-and-death consequences.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“every time an officer pats down a defendant and cannot ascertain what he is feeling, ... [is he] free to seize the item. As all parties acknowledge, the officer must have a reasonable suspicion that defendant is armed and dangerous.... Simply stated, the facts surrounding the event are pivotal. [ Id. at 29 , 796 A. 2d 214 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.