2002 WI App 41 - State v. Stout’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. “The officer need not be absolutely certain that the individual is armed; the issue is whether a reasonably prudent man in the circumstances would be warranted in the belief that his safety or that of others was in danger.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 329 Wis. 2d 480 - State v. Harrell

2. “These safety concerns may arise wherever an officer legitimately encounters an individual, whether in a public place or in a private residence or hotel room.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 329 Wis. 2d 480 - State v. Harrell

3. “a police officer observes behavior that he or she reasonably believes is suspicious,”

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