Coffia v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The police may detain a driver longer than necessary for the initial stop with consent. See State v. Goins , 2004 OK CR 5, ¶ 17 , 84 P.3d 767, 770 . A driver must be permitted to proceed after a routine traffic stop if a license and registration check reveals no reason to detain the driver unless the officer has reasonable articulable suspicion of other crimes or the driver voluntarily consents. See id. at ¶ 13, 84 P.3d at 770 . To determine whether an encounter was consensual, courts consider if a reasonable person would have felt free to leave considering the totality of the circumstances. Id . at ¶ 18, 84 P.3d at 770 . A "consensual encounter is the voluntary cooperation of a private citizen in response to non-coercive questioning by a law enforcement officer." Id . at ¶ 20, 84 P.3d at 771 quoting United States v. West , 219 F.3d 1171, 1176 (10th Cir. 2000). Applying this test, a "traffic stop may become a consensual encounter, requiring no reasonable suspicion, if the officer returns the license and registration and asks questions without further constraining the driver by an overbearing show of authority." Id .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. STATE v. STRAWN · State v. Kemp

2. “When reviewing a trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence, we accept its factual findings unless those findings are clearly erroneous and view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. SMITH v. STATE

3. “[sleizure of a person occurs within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when, in light of all the attendant circumstances, a reasonable person would have believed he was not free to leave”

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