State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[f]or a contact requested by the police to remain consensual, the police are not permitted to convey a message that compliance with their requests is required.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Simpson · State v. Soto

2. “we evaluate (1) the circumstances surrounding the contact, including whether police used a show of authority; and (2) whether the circumstances of the contact reached such a level of accosting and restraint that a reasonable person would have believed he or she was not free to leave.”

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

3. “the threatening presence of several officers, the display of a weapon by an officer, some physical touching of the person of the citizen, or the use of language or tone of voice indicating that compliance with the officer's request might be compelled.”

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