State v. Amick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]hen an officer stops a vehicle based on objectively reasonable suspicion of illegal activity, and the officer's suspicion is dispelled, the officer may nonetheless approach the driver and explain the mistake. But the scope of this brief interaction must be limited and continue only long enough for the officer to speak to the driver. "[T]he officer may not ask for identification, registration, or proof of insurance at this time unless during this brief encounter, new reasonable suspicion of criminal activity immediately arises that justifies further detention."”

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

2. “[T]he officer may not ask for identification, registration, or proof of insurance at this time unless during this brief encounter, new reasonable suspicion of criminal activity immediately arises that justifies further detention.”

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

3. “should have first looked for the presence of a temporary license permit in the rear window, confirmed its validity, then '[a]t that point the officer simply returns to his vehicle and the other vehicle's free to go ....'”

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