State v. Wyman’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
40
cited by 40 later decisions
1
states following
June 2017
most recently cited
40 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Florida v. Royer · Florida v. Bostick · Illinois v. Wardlow · Brown v. Texas
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he test is whether, in light of all the circumstances, the police conduct would `have communicated to a reasonable person that he was not at liberty to ignore the police presence and go about his business.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson · State v. Canez“officer did not draw his gun or otherwise physically compel a response . . . [and] did not demand that appellant . . . speak with him; instead, he asked, albeit in a loud, forceful manner”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson“Whether a person has been seized by police is a mixed question of law and fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson
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.