State v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 2013
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Michigan v. Long · Minnesota v. Dickerson · State v. Brake · Berry v. State
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“police may conduct a protective frisk only when they have reasonable suspicion that the detained individual is armed and dangerous.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lowe · State v. Ellis“[The only permissible objective of the ... frisk is the discovery of weapons that may be used against the officer or others.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ellis · State v. Baker“objectively according to the totality of the cireumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lowe · State v. Baker
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.