State v. Phelps’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[R]equesting the driver's license and registration, requesting that the driver step out of the vehicle, requesting that the driver wait in the patrol car, conducting computer inquiries to determine the validity of the license and registration, conducting computer searches to investigate the driver's criminal history and to determine if the driver has outstanding warrants, and making inquiries as to the motorist's destination and purpose.”

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

2. “address the traffic violation that warranted the stop and attend to related safety concerns,”

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

3. “tasks tied to the traffic infraction are-or reasonably should have been-completed.”

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