People v. Mathis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 27 state decisions

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

1. ““ . . . Officer Lopez had reasonable cause to detain the defendant after receiving the radio dispatch relating a citizen’s fear and concern over the suspicious activities of the occupants of the car parked outside her home. A reliable informant’s tip can be a reasonable basis for making an investigatory detention. Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143 , 92 S. Ct. 1921 , 32 L.Ed.2d 612 (1972); People v. Lucero, 182 Colo. 39 , 511 P.2d 468 (1973). In this case, the record reveals that the citizen informant who identified herself and who voluntarily reported the suspicious activity, was not a covert, undercover informant likely to fabricate information in return for immunity or other compensation. [Citations omitted]. Upon such a trustworthy tip, the officers would have been derelict in their duty if they had not detained the defendant and his passengers to check their identity and the nature of their activity.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 26 Ariz. App. 455 - State v. Nichols