State v. Faulks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An informant’s tip may carry sufficient ‘indicia of reliability’ to justify a [vehicle] stop even though it fails to rise to the level of the probable cause needed for an arrest or search warrant. All that is required is that the stop be not the product of mere whim, caprice, or idle curiosity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Satter · State v. Scholl

2. “The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. Although this protection generally requires probable cause to search, “[t]he requisite level of suspicion necessary to effectuate the stop of a vehicle is not equivalent to probable cause necessary for an arrest or a search warrant.” All that is required is that the police officer has “a reasonable suspicion to stop an automobile.” Therefore, the factual basis needed to support a traffic stop is minimal. While the stop may not be the product of mere whim, caprice or idol [sic] curiosity, it is enough that the stop is based upon “specific and articulable facts which taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant [the] intrusion.” Under these standards, it is well established that a traffic violation, however minor, creates sufficient cause to stop the driver of a vehicle. (citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Webb v. South Dakota Department of Commerce & Regulation

3. “[t]he Fourth Amendment does not require a policeman who lacks the precise level of information necessary for probable cause to arrest to simply shrug his shoulders and allow ... a criminal to escape.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Chase