State v. Adan’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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “as long as reasonably necessary to conduct [the officer's duties resulting from the traffic stop] and to issue a warning or citation.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Erickson · State v. Bell

2. “[T]his Court looks at the totality of the circumstances, applies an objective standard, and takes into account the inferences and deductions that an investigating officer would make that may elude a layperson. The question is whether a reasonable person in the officer's position would be justified by some objective manifestation to suspect the defendant was, or was about to be, engaged in unlawful activity.”

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

3. “Whether the facts support a finding of reasonable articulable suspicion is a question of law, and thus, is fully reviewable by this Court.”

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