People v. Shine’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
June 1998
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“: 16 The charges arose on January 21, 1989, when, at about 2:00 A.M., two undercover police officers went to the home of one Stanley Robinson to confront him because one month earlier he had sold them powdered sugar instead of cocaine. The officers, who had been drinking beer in a local bar for hours, knocked on the door of Robinson's home and demanded entry. Once inside, they accused Robinson and defendant, who was also present, of having”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“.... The actions of the officers, demanding entry to a person's home in the middle of the night, displaying a gun and demanding drugs, are not justified by the fact that the officers were working undercover. By engaging in such violent and intimidating conduct, the officers crossed the threshold into”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“and demonstrated their desire to obtain a conviction above all else. Defendant's handing over cocaine was obviously coerced by egregious police misconduct. To allow this prosecution to stand would mock”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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