State v. DeLaRosa’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[W]hen a person is subject to an 'investigative detention' rather than a full-blown custodial arrest, the officer need only have reasonable suspicion for the detention rather than the probable cause typically required.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Haar · State v. Chase

2. “[o]nce the facts have been determined, however, the application of a legal standard to those facts is a question of law reviewed de novo.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Guerra · State v. Wilson

3. “This case presents a close question on when ... detention becomes unreasonable. However, we are concerned with the dubious message we send to law enforcement officers and the public if we validate a procedure allowing officers to falsely tell traffic offenders they are free to go, only for the purpose of eliciting their uncoerced agreement to search their automobiles [or in Haar’s case, for the purpose of performing an unconstitutional investigatory detention to conduct a canine sniff].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Haar